You can do this by just issuing that statement as a regular SQL query. I
was able to connect via an ADO connection:
set myRecordset = conn.execute("describe thedatabase.thetable")
and I'm sure you could do this with php via mysql_query("describe
thetable")
In both cases you end up with a recordset that you can loop through.
Regards,
Gary "SuperID" Huntress
=======================================================
FreeSQL.org offering free database hosting to developers
Visit http://www.freesql.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 8:47 PM
Subject: Fwd: Metadata Retrieval
> I am interested in retrieving Field and Type information from a named
> table. Currently, MySQL allows me to see a table's description via
>
> mysql> describe TheTable;
>
> returning its structure in the form of a table, including the Fields and
> Types columns. I would like to retrieve the contents of these two
> columns. What is the SQL call that will do this?
>
> Sam Daniel
> Motorola
> 480-441-7431
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Before posting, please check:
> http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual)
> http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive)
>
> To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To unsubscribe, e-mail
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Before posting, please check:
http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual)
http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive)
To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
