mysql> use oai Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql> show tables; +---------------+ | Tables_in_oai | +---------------+ | ids | | metadata | | setmap | | sets | +---------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> describe ids; +----------------+--------------+------+-----+------------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +----------------+--------------+------+-----+------------+----------------+ | recID | int(11) | | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | OAI_Identifier | varchar(50) | YES | | NULL | | | objectName | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | | | lastModDate | date | | | 0000-00-00 | | | exportable | char(1) | | | Y | | | deleted | char(1) | | | N | | +----------------+--------------+------+-----+------------+----------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> describe metadata; +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | recID | int(11) | | MUL | 0 | | | varName | varchar(50) | | | | | | value | varchar(255) | | | | | | scheme | varchar(32) | YES | | NULL | | | subfield | varchar(32) | YES | | NULL | | | lastModDate | timestamp(14) | YES | | NULL | | +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> describe sets; +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | setID | int(11) | | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | setName | varchar(50) | | | | | | setSpec | varchar(50) | | | | | | lastModDate | timestamp(14) | YES | | NULL | | +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> describe setmap; +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | setID | int(11) | | MUL | 0 | | | recID | int(11) | | MUL | 0 | | | lastModDate | timestamp(14) | YES | | NULL | | +-------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)