From: Martijn Tonies
Date: March 17 2006 2:52pm
Subject: Re: getting table metadata
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Hello Yves,

> is it possible to get information about tables by doing queries on some
system
> tables? I am using mysql version 4.1.11 on debian sarge.
>
> In my case I need to know which columns (names and types) a table has, and
how
> the primary key is defined.
>
> How can I get this information out of mysql by only using sql ?

Have a look at the SHOW commands in the documentation.

As for system tables, MySQL 4.1 hardly has any.

Martijn Tonies
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