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Using INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables

mysql> mysql> CREATE TABLE mytable (     ->     titleID INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,     ->     title varchar(100),     ->     PRIMARY KEY  (titleID)     -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) mysql> mysql> SELECT column_name, ordinal_position, column_default,     -> data_type, collation_name     -> FROM information_schema.columns     -> WHERE table_schema="test" AND table_name="mytable"; +-------------+------------------+----------------+-----------+-------------------+ | column_name | ordinal_position | column_default | data_type | collation_name    | +-------------+------------------+----------------+-----------+-------------------+ | titleID     |                1 | NULL           | int       | NULL              | | title       |                2 | NULL           | varchar   | latin1_swedish_ci | +-------------+------------------+----------------+-----------+-------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> mysql> drop table mytable; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql>