Hello.
You can parse the output of 'SHOW CREATE TABLE' or 'SHOW COLUMNS'. See:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/show-columns.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/show-create-table.html
Claire Lee wrote:
> I want to check if a column exists in a table before I
> do an alter table to add it. How do I do this in
> mysql? Thanks.
>
> Claire
>
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