I'm not sure what you are asking, so I will take a guess... If you want to access the metadata on all tables in db "MY_DB" you can do something like.. SELECT table_name, table_type, engine FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables WHERE table_schema = 'MY_DB' ORDER BY table_type ASC, table_name DESC; Or you can just use "describe table_name;" to get data on that specific table. -mike On 8/19/07, Mario T. Lanza <mlanza / comcast.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > How do I go about getting the "Comments" metadata--the one I type via > MySQL Administrator, for example--associated with a MySQL column? > > I have been able to pull metadata from both ActiveRecord and DBI but > cannot seem to find this added bit of info. > > Thanks. > Mario T. Lanza > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- Michael Steinfeld Linux Admin/Developer AIM: mikesteinfeld GTALK: mikeisgreat / gmail.com