Colleen Dick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to JOIN the results of a DESCRIBE TABLE to some other > query? The semantics of what I would like to do is the following: > > SELECT d_fldcomment from desc LEFT JOIN DESCRIBE footable ON > desc.d_table = 'footable' AND desc.d_field = Field; > > so the resultset would look like a regular DESCRIBE <table> except it > would also include my tacked on comment. > > I KNOW the need for this will be obsoleted in mySQL 5 but people will be > stuck on prev versions for the next 2 years. > > Any clever way to do this or fake it so everything is in one resultset? > I already did it in the obvious boneheaded way and as always when that > happens one things "THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY" > > still on 3.23
You can't mix JOIN and DESCRIBE TABLE. Retrieve data with DESCRIBE TABLE statement and then use programming language to put result of the DESCRIBE to the test of SELECT query. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [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]
