Describe Table not working

[nemesis1931]

Hey does anyone know why when i send a "DESCRIBE table" query to MySQL its telling me i have a syntax error, I tried to the same code directly on the database not using PHP and it worked.. so im a lil confused! lol

help.

[bastien]

Trying using show table and show columns from tablename

[nemesis1931]

Thanks for the alternative == wuts the deal with Describe not working though?

[Roger_Ramjet]

As it says: syntax error, in which case posting the code would help us to help you.
To help yourself, try echoing the sql so you can see what you are sending to the db.