Retrieve the custom table id given the name

Parameters

$table_name: The name of the custom table

Return value

The unique identifier for the given table

Related topics

File

tripal_core/api/tripal_core_custom_tables.api.inc, line 195

Contains functions for the Custom Tables API

Code

function tripal_custom_tables_get_table_id($table_name) {
  $sql = "SELECT * FROM {tripal_custom_tables} " .
    "WHERE table_name = '%s'";
  if (db_table_exists('tripal_custom_tables')) {
    $custom_table = db_fetch_object(db_query($sql, $table_name));
    if ($custom_table) {
      return $custom_table->table_id;
    }
  }

  return FALSE;
}