"Nate Blanchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to the C API docs on mysql_get_metadata: > " If a statement passed to mysql_prepare() is one that produces a result > set, mysql_get_metadata() returns the result set metadata in the form of > a pointer to a MYSQL_RES structure that can be used to process the meta > information such as total number of fields and individual field > information." > > This would imply that using a SHOW TABLES LIKE '?' as my prepared query > and then calling mysql_get_metadata() should work just fine. My > mysql_prepare() call works just fine, however when I make the call to > mysql_get_metadata() it returns NULL. I would expect it to return the > meta data describing the resultset for SHOW TABLES just like the docs > say. > > This is happening on the download version of 4.1.1, as well as the > latest bitkeeper version of 4.1.2. > > Is this a known issue? Are you not supposed to be able to use > mysql_get_metadata on the SHOW queries?
mysql_get_metadata() will work with any other result set returning command (and with SHOW queries too). But currently it's not implemented. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
