Getting Values from a MySql ENUM Field

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello All,

I need to be able to extract all of the possible entry values for a MySql Field and print them into a HTML drop down feild.

The table is called temp and the field is called stage with the following options.

Stage` ENUM('registered','check','notify','complete','rejected') DEFAULT "registered" NOT NULL

I am sure there is a simple way of achieving this?

Thanks!!

Alistair

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Re: Getting Values from a MySql ENUM Field by greywolf (Priest) on Aug 16, 2002 at 00:20 UTC
I found this in the MySQL documention: "If you want to get all possible values for an ENUM column, you should use: SHOW COLUMNS FROM table_name LIKE enum_column_name and parse the ENUM definition in the second column." I have used something like this in the past: A query like the one above will give you a string that has all the values in it. You can then split this string on commas into an array. You can then iterate the array and strip out the extra junk. It's kind of a nasty solution but it will work. I leave the details of how to accomplish this for your 'Fun Time'. mr greywolf	[reply]
Re^2: Getting Values from a MySql ENUM Field by Anonymous Monk on Sep 07, 2010 at 17:31 UTC
in PHP it would be: preg_match_all( "\|'(.+?)'\|", $strType, $arrMatches ); Feel free to use the pattern.	[reply]
Re: Getting Values from a MySql ENUM Field by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Aug 16, 2002 at 00:08 UTC
For starters, you might want to check the database programming Q&A section. Then perhaps the CGI programming portion as well. (You didn't say it was for a CGI script but this should cover any HTML questions too.) Then do a Super Search followed by a Google.	[reply]