Sorry, I should have explained that I want to do this via PHP. ---> Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: fredridv@tva.ifi.uio.no [mailto:fredridv@tva.ifi.uio.no] On Behalf Of Fredrik de Vibe Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 5:31 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: Get MySQL table schema for a dump jvilla@isdesigndev.com (Jonathan Villa) writes: > Is there was to get a database's table schema? I don't think it's called schemas in mysql, but I'm not sure :-) > So far, I have a simple function which will output > INSERT INTO table (x,x,x,) VALUES(x,x,x); > [ ... ] > but what I'm missing is > CREATE table blah, blah, blah mysqldump is the tool you need. e.g. $ mysqldump -u user [-p] Database > db_dump_file.sql man mysqldump for more info. -- --Fredrik If God is dead, who will save the Queen? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php