Re: SELECT statement returning columns for a given table?

2007-05-13 Thread Peter Brawley
>I know about "SHOW COLUMNS FROM tabname", but am looking for something >more SQL-y, because I want to use the results as part of a larger SQL >statement. For example, I want to find all the tables in a given db >that don't have a column named 'timestamp'. >I thought the 'mysql' system db may hav

Re: SELECT statement returning columns for a given table?

2007-05-13 Thread Baron Schwartz
Hi Kelly, Kelly Jones wrote: In PostgreSQL, the following SELECT statement will return all the columns for 'tabname': SELECT x.attname FROM pg_attribute x, pg_class y WHERE x.attrelid=y.oid AND relname='tabname'; Does MySQL have anything similar? I know about "SHOW COLUMNS FROM tabname", but

SELECT statement returning columns for a given table?

2007-05-13 Thread Kelly Jones
In PostgreSQL, the following SELECT statement will return all the columns for 'tabname': SELECT x.attname FROM pg_attribute x, pg_class y WHERE x.attrelid=y.oid AND relname='tabname'; Does MySQL have anything similar? I know about "SHOW COLUMNS FROM tabname", but am looking for something more S