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ExternalBaseTables

Returns a list of externally defined tables (no internal tables)

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ExecuteSQL ( "SELECT DISTINCT BaseTableName FROM FILEMAKER_TABLES WHERE BaseFileName NOT IN ('" & Substitute( List( Get( FileName ) ; Get( FileName ) & " (" & Get ( HostName ) & ")" ) ; [ ¶ ; "','" ] ) & "')" ; "" ; "" ) Click to copy

This function returns a list of EXTERNAL base table names, i.e. the names of the tables defined in any external file's "Manage Database::Fields" tab, for those table occurrences in the current file but which belong to tables defined in an external file.

 

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