in reply to (Ovid) Re(3): How do you get Perl::DBI to do a desc table_name?
in thread How do you get Perl::DBI to do a desc table_name?

Just execute a query with a false where clause: 
select * from ... where 1=0

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This will return an empty result set, but you'll still get all the column headers, names, etc.

Michael

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