What information does "Extra" and "Comments" give in "show full fields"

2003-11-03 Thread Karam Chand
Hello I have 4.1.0-alpha-max-nt. When i issue a command - show full fields from tblname; I get information about the fields in the table. There are two columns i.e. EXTRA and COMMENTS which is always blank. I cant seem to figure out what information they provide. The SHOW FULL FIELDS... in my My

Re: What information does "Extra" and "Comments" give in "show full fields"

2003-11-04 Thread Egor Egorov
Karam Chand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have 4.1.0-alpha-max-nt. When i issue a command - > > show full fields from tblname; > > I get information about the fields in the table. There > are two columns i.e. EXTRA and COMMENTS which is > always blank. I cant seem to figure out what > informa

Re: What information does "Extra" and "Comments" give in "show full fields"

2003-11-04 Thread Karam Chand
How can I add comment to a column? karam --- Egor Egorov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Karam Chand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have 4.1.0-alpha-max-nt. When i issue a command > - > > > > show full fields from tblname; > > > > I get information about the fields in the table. > There > >

Re: What information does "Extra" and "Comments" give in "show full fields"

2003-11-04 Thread Egor Egorov
Karam Chand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I add comment to a column? Use COMMENT keyword: CREATE TABLE test( id int NOT NULL auto_increment COMMENT 'this is a comment', PRIMARY KEY (id) ) TYPE=MyISAM; > > karam > --- Egor Egorov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Karam Chand <[EMAIL PROTECTE