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LINQPad script to get basic schema information about the currently selected database (assumes LINQPad's default data context creation method)
void Main()
{
var databaseInfo = GetDatabaseInfo(this);
databaseInfo.Dump();
}
// Define other methods and classes here
public class DatabaseInfo
{
public Type DataContextType { get; set; }
public string DatabaseName { get; set; }
public string DatabaseServer { get; set; }
public TableInfo[] Tables { get; set; }
}
public class TableInfo
{
public Type TableType { get; set; }
public Type EntityType { get; set; }
public string TableName { get; set; }
public ColumnInfo[] Columns { get; set; }
}
public class ColumnInfo
{
public string ColumnName { get; set; }
public string DatabaseType { get; set; }
}
public DatabaseInfo GetDatabaseInfo(LINQPad.DataContextBase dataContext)
{
return new DatabaseInfo
{
DatabaseName = dataContext.Connection.Database,
DatabaseServer = dataContext.Connection.DataSource,
DataContextType = dataContext.GetType(),
Tables = GetTables(dataContext.GetType()),
};
}
public TableInfo[] GetTables(Type dataContextType)
{
var tableInfoQuery =
from prop in dataContextType.GetProperties()
where prop.PropertyType.IsGenericType
where prop.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(Table<>)
let tableType = prop.PropertyType
let entityType = tableType.GenericTypeArguments.Single()
select new TableInfo
{
TableName = GetTableNameFromEntityType(entityType),
EntityType = entityType,
TableType = tableType,
Columns = GetColumnsFromEntityType(entityType),
};
return tableInfoQuery.ToArray();
}
public string GetTableNameFromEntityType(Type entityType)
{
var tableNameQuery =
from ca in entityType.CustomAttributes
from na in ca.NamedArguments
where na.MemberName == "Name"
select na.TypedValue.Value.ToString();
return tableNameQuery.Single();
}
public ColumnInfo[] GetColumnsFromEntityType(Type entityType)
{
var columnInfoQuery =
from field in entityType.GetFields()
from attribute in field.CustomAttributes
from namedArgument in attribute.NamedArguments
where namedArgument.MemberName == "DbType"
select new ColumnInfo
{
ColumnName = field.Name,
DatabaseType = namedArgument.TypedValue.Value.ToString(),
};
return columnInfoQuery.ToArray();
}
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FYI for others, this gist was posted for this LINQPad forum thread:

http://forum.linqpad.net/discussion/170/simple-ways-to-get-schema-info-in-linqpad-script

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