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I have a problem which has got me beat and would appreciate any help in either finding a solution or even a 'pointer' to a solution.

The problem is I tend to use a lot of MySQL for various jobs. Normally I would use either PERL or PHP to acces the database and both do a grand job. More recently dusting off my C++ skills I decided to approach the MySQL from a C++ angle. Now I can connect to a MySQL DAtabase, run a query and retreive the data from the query results. What I would like to do is to get Meta data about the fields from the query. Name, datatype that sort of thing. Now this is easy in PERL or PHP but I've tried several methods with c++ and to date no success. What I have found is poorly documented and without the correct parameters the whole thing goes nowhere
There is no specific reason for needing this and no urgency just I would like to see if it can be done. Any help will be warmly appreciated.

Thanks in advance