Dan Stromberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2005 01:31:17 PM: > > I have a system with set of web pages that use PHP and a MySQL database. > > Apparently the old webmaster has disappeared, and a new webmaster has > been hired. She needs to know the schema of the database. > > So my question is: Is there a way of querying MySQL not for values of > fields, but rather for the schema of the database? > > Thanks! > >
If I want a quick-and-dirty, plain-text dump of the schema, I prefer using mysqldump with the -d option (no data). mysqldump -q -Q -A -d --user=user_name --password -r dbschema.sql (it should prompt you for the password) see "mysqldump --help" for more options/details. Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine
