with mariadb/mysql: 2014-11-05 4:20 GMT-02:00 Ron Piggott <ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi Everyone. > > I am wondering if there are database queries that would > > SHOW DATABASES; <- return all databases > a: produce the result of all the tables with a database * > SHOW TABLES FROM `database_name`; or USE `database_name`; SHOW TABLES; or use infomration schema: *SELECT * FROM information_schema.TABLES* or *SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA,TABLE_NAME FROM information_schema.TABLES* or *SELECT DISTINCT TABLE_SCHEMA,TABLE_NAME FROM information_schema.COLUMNS* > b: produce the result of all the columns with the specified database table > * > SELECT * FROM `database_name`.`table_name` LIMIT 0? (and fetch fields names via php functions of result set) or SHOW FIELDS FROM `database_name`.`table_name`; or *SELECT * FROM information_schema.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA="database_name" AND TABLE_NAME="table_name"; (and interact as a result set)* > * I don't want any other details than these names. > > I am trying to build a WHILE loop that in pseudo code will look roughly > like > > - query to get a list of all the tables within a database > - start of a foreach loop (going one table at a time > > - query to get all the column names within the table > - start of a foreach loop to display column names > - display column name > - end of foreach loop > > -end of foreach loop > > Ron > this sounds like a table structure dump to execute a diff, i'm right? -- Roberto Spadim SPAEmpresarial Eng. Automação e Controle
