From: Peter Brawley
Date: August 22 2006 7:18pm
Subject: Re: Finding field in all tables
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>Is there any way to find a column name (or, better yet, 
>a partial column name) in all tables within a data base?

1. If the db is not in 5.0, mysqldump the DML to a file, run that file 
in an instance of MySQL 5.x.
2. Query information_schema.

PB

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Jerry Schwartz wrote:
> Is there any way to find a column name (or, better yet, a partial column
> name) in all tables within a data base?
>
> I inherited a complex and totally undocumented data base, and need to find
> out (for example) which tables have a column name like xxx_exported.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Schwartz
> Global Information Incorporated
> 195 Farmington Ave.
> Farmington, CT 06032
>
> 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341
>
>
>
>
>   


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