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Storing metadata of various data types in a MySQL database

I am currently designing a MySQL database that will store a variety of documents in different digital formats (mostly docs, spreadsheets, and pdfs). Each document will have several metadata values ...
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Field types for columns in a MySQL query

Is it possible to get the field type from a MySQL query, in the same way you can get it from a table with the SHOW COLUMNS command? edit: i should clarify that a bit. I am aware that I can get the ...
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View metadata refresh in MySQL

Like other RDBMS, view meta data is stored at view creation time. From CREATE VIEW in the MySQL docs The view definition is “frozen” at creation time, so changes to the underlying tables ...
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Database design for dynamic Meta fields of an entity that shall be queried intensively

I'm designing a database structure for a system at which an entity can have a dynamic set of user-defined meta attributes. The meta fields (e.g.: popularity, conversion etc.) and skill values (int, ...