>Is there a way to retrieve the table comment from a mysql table.
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>In PHP My Admin, you can set the comment for a table. however, I was
>wondering if you can retrieve it for use in a PHP page.
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>Any help greatly appreciated.
In PHP 5.0.x, it's in information_schema.tables.table_comment .
It's also in SHOW CREATE TABLE in PHP 5.0.x and earlier versions.