COLUMN_TYPE is a MySQL extension according to the docs, but there is no info
on what purpose the column serves.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/columns-table.html

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:45 AM, David Shrewsbury
<[email protected]>wrote:

> The code does appear to be using the same value for these
> two columns. Not sure why, though. Backward compatibility
> for something maybe?
>
> -Dave
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Patrick Crews wrote:
>
> > Is there a reason we have both of these columns in the COLUMNS table?
> > They seem to contain the same information.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Patrick
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