How to get available values for SET field?

Question

Is there any way to get available values for SET field in table?

Thank you.

Answer 1

You can retrieve the possible values for a SET field using DESCRIBE myTableName mySetColumn or SHOW COLUMNS FROM myTableName LIKE mySetColumn:

  mysql> DESCRIBE myTableName mySetColumn;
  +-------+-------------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
  | Field | Type                                      | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
  +-------+-------------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
  | myset | set('Travel','Sports','Dancing','Dining') | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
  +-------+-------------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

Informative article here, manual here.