Re: how to recognize ENUM column in table?

Afan Pasalic wrote:

hi, I use the code from http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-fetch-field (example #1) I'm getting everything I need but can't recognize if the column is ENUM() type? e.g. column "status" is ENUM('0','1') or ENUM('live','hidden','archive') or something like that. I want to recognize this column and then create a form with radio buttons o 0 o 1 or o live o hidden o archive is it possible? thanks. -afan

Try something like this. my table structure was CREATE TABLE cmsws_com.examples ( col1 ENUM( '0', '1' ) NOT NULL , col2 ENUM( 'one', 'two', 'three' ) NOT NULL ) ENGINE = MYISAM <?php # setup your db connection and stuff... $result = mysql_query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM examples"); if (!$result) {

    echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error();
    exit;

} if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {

    while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
        print_r($row);
    }

} My results were Array (

    [Field] => col1
    [Type] => enum('0','1')
    [Null] => NO
    [Key] =>
    [Default] =>
    [Extra] =>

) Array (

    [Field] => col2
    [Type] => enum('one','two','three')
    [Null] => NO
    [Key] =>
    [Default] =>
    [Extra] =>

) Hope this fits the bill -- Jim Lucas "Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other" Walter Elliot "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare