retrieving ENUM description from MySQL

Hi all, This is a bit wierd so don't flame please. Imagine a database table, field defined as ENUM with a list of allowed types such as "Mr", "Mrs", "Miss", "Dr", "Prof", etc - you get the idea. I've read the MySQL manual and by using SHOW COLUMNS FROM "table_name" LIKE "enum_column_name"; I can get a result. But the string of ENUMs is not an array. It is returned as a string with all types in one string. Anyone got any ideas about how to retrieve it in a better way - else I'll need to start exploding the string... Thanks in advance Al