I believe it has to be like this: create table column_list (MYTABLE_NAME DESC);
Thanks! -------------------------------------------- -Alex "Big Al" Behrens E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Urgent E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Please be brief!) Phone: 651-482-8779 Cell: 651-329-4187 Fax: 651-482-1391 ICQ: 3969599 Owner of the 3D-Unlimited Network: http://www.3d-unlimited.com Send News: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "hong chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 4:13 PM Subject: create tmp table of column list of a table for future use mysql> create table column_list (desc MYTABLE_NAME); ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'desc MYTABLE_NAME)' at line 1 Anyone know how to make something like it? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
