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Comments on: Question 21. How do you obtain table/index metadata? http://mysql-qotd.casperia.net/archives/201 mysql 5.0/5.1 questions for learning purposes Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:56:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: urs http://mysql-qotd.casperia.net/archives/201/comment-page-1#comment-27 urs Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:10:43 +0000 http://mysql-qotd.casperia.net/?p=201#comment-27 <b> Answers:   a b c d e f   All of the listed techniques will provide metadata. From inside the mysql client you'll usually use c and d. "Show indexes" can be useful, because it shows you the cardinality. A variation of e could be used to generate the create statements for a whole database. The information schema can be used to do analysis on metadata. Like for example checking, if all columns with the same name have the same type.   </b>
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All of the listed techniques will provide metadata. From inside the mysql client you’ll usually use c and d. “Show indexes” can be useful, because it shows you the cardinality. A variation of e could be used to generate the create statements for a whole database. The information schema can be used to do analysis on metadata. Like for example checking, if all columns with the same name have the same type.
 

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