Carl Karsten wrote: > Ed Leafe wrote: >> On Jan 6, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Carl Karsten wrote: >> >>>> But there are database systems which don't have it, so why do you >>>> think >>>> that this could become a generic getFields()? >>> Because INFORMATION_SCHEMA is defined in the sql-92 spec. >> I logged into the public MySQL database on Paul's system, > > Paul's system is not a good test. something is funky with it. for the > purposes > of considering INFORMATION_SCHEMA, I don't count it as a fail.
forget the funky - paul's is only MySql V4, and from http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql-datadictionary.html "what's new in version 5. ... information schema". Carl K _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev
