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Query to get Column Name and data type? 2

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soundmind

soundmind

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Jun 30, 2003
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Hi Y'all

Is there a mySQL query or way to retrieve a table's column names and their data type?

Thank you!
 
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DESC `tablename`;
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DESCRIBE `tablename`;
 
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It was... :)
Sorry, I missed your post there....
 
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