Check that any given column in a Chado table exists.

This function is necessary because Drupal's db_field_exists() will not look in any other schema but the one were Drupal is installed

Parameters

$table: The name of the chado table.

$column: The name of the column in the chado table.

Return value

TRUE if the column exists for the table in the chado schema and FALSE if it does not.

Related topics

File

tripal_core/api/tripal_core.chado_schema.api.inc, line 84

Code

function chado_column_exists($table, $column) {
  global $databases;

  $default_db = $databases['default']['default']['database'];

  $sql = "
    SELECT 1
    FROM information_schema.columns
    WHERE
      table_name = :table_name AND
      column_name = :column_name AND
      table_schema = :chado AND
      table_catalog = :default_db
  ";
  $args = array(
    ':table_name' => $table,
    ':column_name' => $column,
    ':chado' => tripal_get_schema_name('chado'),
    ':default_db' => $default_db
  );
  $results = db_query($sql, $args);
  $exists = $results->fetchField();
  if (!$exists) {
    return FALSE;
  }
  return TRUE;
}