Hello,
@Mr. Price and Mr. Sims
Thank you for show me the way, your tips where very educational.
Thanks again.
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Is there any way to find out, using only plain SQL, the number of fields
of a given table.
describe gives me the number of fields as result, but I need to get only
that.
Is it possible?
Is it also possible to get only the fields name?
AFIK there's no easy way to accomplish this using j
y, September 22, 2006 10:54 AM
To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
Subject: Count Fields of a Table
Hello,
Is there any way to find out, using only plain SQL, the number of fields
of a given table.
describe gives me the number of fields as result, but I need to get only
that.
Is it possible?
Is it also possi
Hi David
If you are using mysql 5.0 and up, you can select from the
"INFORMATION_SCHEMA" database to get this information and much more.
Following is an example using a database called "test" and a table
called "t"
To get the column names, use
SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.co
Hello,
Is there any way to find out, using only plain SQL, the number of fields
of a given table.
describe gives me the number of fields as result, but I need to get only
that.
Is it possible?
Is it also possible to get only the fields name?
Thanks
David
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