How to get a list of all tables from the database together with column names

Question

I want to get a list of all tables and their column names from MySQL (5.2).

At the moment I know that I can see all the table names by simply using:

show tables

Is there a simple extension to that query that would show me list of table names together with column names (I do not need types)? I am thinking of something like a join.

Answer 1

I think you are looking for INFORMATION_SCHEMA COLUMNS Table

SELECT TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TYPE, IS_NULLABLE, COLUMN_DEFAULT
  FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
  WHERE table_name = 'tbl_name'
  [AND table_schema = 'db_name']
  [AND column_name LIKE 'wild']