hmm... u better check n hack phpmyadmin... u might get somethin out there... On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:02:55 +0930, David Robley <robleyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:19, Ross Honniball wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Anyone know how to access the optional COMMENT you can add to columns > > during table creation? > > > > eg. > > > > create table x (fldx char(1) COMMENT 'some comment', fldy char (1) COMMENT > > 'another comment') > > > > I want to 'get' the COMMENT field. > > > > I know it should be in the manual, but I can't find it. > > > > Thanks ... Ross > > . > > . Ross Honniball. JCU Bookshop Cairns, Qld, Australia. > > SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 'pattern' or SHOW CREATE TABLE tablename will return > the table comment, along with other info - you'll have to parse it out of > the returned data. If there is a better way, I haven't found it yet :-0 Not > sure how this will work with column comments. > > Cheers > -- > David Robley > > "May I introduce the family Stone?" Tom asked slyly. > > > > -- > 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
