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--- v5:dictionary:metatables [2016/02/24 18:33] – Inproved description of casing mnewnham
+++ v5:dictionary:metatables [2025/08/29 14:32] (current) – [metaTables] align parameters dregad
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   string[] metaTables(
     optional string $tableType=false,
-    optional bool $showSchema=false
+    optional bool   $showSchema=false,
     optional string $mask=false,
     optional string $schemaMask=false
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 ===== Parameters =====
 ==== $tableType =====
-There are 2 available options to this parameter:
-^Option^Description^
-|TABLES|Only show tables in current schema|
-|VIEWS|Only show views in current schema|
-** Many databases support 'T' and 'V' as these options **
+There are 3 possibles values for this parameter:
+^Value^Description^
+| ''TABLES'' *| Only show tables in current schema   |
+| ''VIEWS'' * | Only show views in current schema    |
+| false       | Show both tables and views (default) |
+* Many drivers also support ''T'' and ''V'' as these options
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 ==== $mask ====
-This option define a mask for matching tables . For example, setting $mask = 'TMP%' will match all tables that begin with 'TMP'.
+This option define a mask for matching tables . For example, setting $mask = 'TMP%' will match all tables that begin with 'TMP'. Pattern matching is done in a manner consistent with the SQL //**LIKE**// syntax
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