Default How to get Table schema information ?

How can we get the table schema information in MYSQL 5.1.34?

Like we use in ORACLE to get it as:

OCIDescribeAny() // //get the describe handle for the table to be described.

OCIAttrGet() // to get parameter handle

OCIAttrGet() ////get the number of columns in the table

 

Code:

DESC <tablename>