[TYPO3-english] fn admin_get_fields()

[Marcel Remmy]

hi there,

how is the TYPO3 way to get information about a column in the table of 
connected database? i was looking for the equivalent of MySQL?s 'SHOW 
COLUMN' or 'DESCRIBE' so i can process the column width of let?s say 
fe_groups.title (if i had to handle group names longer than the default 
char amount that can be saved there).

i?m not about to change the field size or something, but i?d like my 
extension to 'know' of not all information could be saved to the database :)

how do you solve this?

i?m about to use the function admin_get_fields($tableName) which was 
designed for Install Tool and EM purposes. I?d love to use something 
like exec_INFOquery but this hasn?t been done yet afaik ^^

i?m open for other ways and inspirations (-:

marcel