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You can parse the output of 'SHOW CREATE TABLE' or 'SHOW COLUMNS'. See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/show-columns.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/show-create-table.html Claire Lee wrote: > I want to check if a column exists in a table before I > do an alter table to add it. How do I do this in > mysql? Thanks. > > Claire > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- 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]
