mysql show table column names code example

Example 1: mysql get column names from table

SELECT `COLUMN_NAME` 
FROM `INFORMATION_SCHEMA`.`COLUMNS` 
WHERE `TABLE_SCHEMA`='yourdatabasename' 
    AND `TABLE_NAME`='yourtablename';

Example 2: get the mysql table columns data type mysql

SHOW COLUMNS FROM mydb.mytable;

Example 3: sql show columns in table

DESCRIBE table1;

-- result:
+----------------------+---------------------------+------+-----+-------------------+
| Field                | Type                      | Null | Key | Default           | Extra                                         |
+----------------------+---------------------------+------+-----+-------------------+
| film_id              | smallint(5) unsigned      | NO   |     | 0                 |                                               |
| title                | varchar(128)              | NO   |     | NULL              |                                               |
| description          | text                      | YES  |     | NULL              |                                               |
| release_year         | year(4)                   | YES  |     | NULL              |                                               |
| language_id          | tinyint(3) unsigned       | NO   |     | NULL              |                                               |
| original_language_id | tinyint(3) unsigned       | YES  |     | NULL              |                                               |
| rental_duration      | tinyint(3) unsigned       | NO   |     | 3                 |                                               |
| rental_rate          | decimal(4,2)              | NO   |     | 4.99              |