SHOW COLUMNS FROM code example
Example 1: show columns
Copied mysql> SHOW COLUMNS FROM City;
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| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
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| Id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| Name | char(35) | NO | | | |
| Country | char(3) | NO | UNI | | |
| District | char(20) | YES | MUL | | |
| Population | int(11) | NO | | 0 | |
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5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Example 2: MySql get fields of table
SELECT COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'my_database' AND TABLE_NAME = 'my_table';
Example 3: mysql show table fields
DESCRIBE my_table;