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To find out the current type of a table, use the SHOW TABLE STATUS statement or SHOW CREATE TABLE

        
mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE mytbl
    -> (
    ->     i INT,
    ->     c CHAR(1)
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 'mytbl'\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
           Name: mytbl
         Engine: MyISAM
        Version: 10
     Row_format: Fixed
           Rows: 0
 Avg_row_length: 0
    Data_length: 0
Max_data_length: 1970324836974591
   Index_length: 1024
      Data_free: 0
 Auto_increment: NULL
    Create_time: 2011-10-03 14:03:39
    Update_time: 2011-10-03 14:03:39
     Check_time: NULL
      Collation: latin1_swedish_ci
       Checksum: NULL
 Create_options:
        Comment:
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> drop table mytbl;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)








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