The syntax is as follows to get the column names of a table −
select column_name from information_schema.columns where table_schema='yourDatabaseName' and table_name=’yourTableName’;
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( EmployeeId int, EmployeeFirstName varchar(20), EmployeeLastName varchar(20), EmployeeAge int, EmployeeCountryName varchar(40), IsMarried tinyint(1), isActive ENUM('ACTIVE','INACTIVE') ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.65 sec)
Following is the query to get the column names of a table. Here, we are fetching the column names of DemoTable −
mysql> select column_name from information_schema.columns where table_schema='web' and table_name='DemoTable';
This will produce the following output −
+---------------------+ | COLUMN_NAME | +---------------------+ | EmployeeId | | EmployeeFirstName | | EmployeeLastName | | EmployeeAge | | EmployeeCountryName | | IsMarried | | isActive | +---------------------+ 7 rows in set (0.00 sec)