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MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

This function returns a hash containing information on a given data type. If no data type is given, or if SQL_ALL_TYPES is given, all will be returned in the hash. The following example shows how this method might be used and lists all the possible results:

...
my $dbinfo = $dbh->type_info();

while(my($key, $value) = each(%$dbinfo)){
   print "$key => $value\n";
}