That would be dependent on the database you are interfaced to, not your programming language. For MySQL 5.0 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/charset-show.html Or 5.1 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/charset-show.html Not all database systems support the SHOW command. Warren -----Original Message----- From: Hulf [mailto:ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 4:06 AM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: php SHOW I mean get the schema. ""Hulf"" <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:14.E1.13770.5C903B64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Is there a way to output my data and tables using a php version of SHOW? > Doesn't have to be pretty HTML just output to screen > > Ta, > > > R. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php