Willem Bogaerts wrote:
>> Could someone please tell me how I might determine the column type (char
>> vs. integer is good enough) if I know the column name?
>
> If you are doing so from PHP, there is a separate function for that. In
> SQL, the command:
>
> SHOW FIELDS FROM <table name>
>
> Will get you the column details.
>
> Best regards,

shorter version of show fields is desc <table name> if you'd like to
save time by typing less.

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