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The common way is to use different 'SHOW' statements, for example 'SHOW CREATE TABLE'. Sometimes mysqldump with --no-data helps a lot. Sujay Koduri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Initially I used MySQL 5.0.4 for all my development. At that time I used the > following SQL query to load the whole data dictionary into my local memory > to reduce load on DB as I am using the prepared statements API, that > requires column types as one of the inputs. > > select Table_Name,column_name,Data_Type from information_schema.columns; > > But now we reverted back to 4.1.13 (for releasing on production). But there > is no information_schema database in MySQL 4.1.13. > So can any one tell me how can I build the data dictionary in MySQL 4.1.13. > > Thank you > sujay > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]