 readme  id readmetxt v 12 20080508 032505 bjaspan exp schema module prerequisites drupal 6x overview introduced in drupal 6 the schema api allows modules to declare their database tables in a structured array similar to the form api and provides api functions for creating dropping and changing tables columns keys and indexes the schema module provides additional schemarelated functionality not provided by the core schema api that is useful for module developers currently this includes schema documentation hyperlinked display of the schema s embedded documentation explaining what each table and field is for schema structure generation the module examines the live database and creates schema api data structures for all tables that match the live database schema comparison the module compares the live database structure with the schema structure declared by all enabled modules reporting on any missing or incorrect tables note for mysql users the schema module requires mysql 5 prior versions of mysql do not support the informationschema database that the schema module uses to inspect the database installation install and activate schema like every other drupal module administrator usage visit administer site building schema to access schema s ui functionality author barry jaspan firstname at lastname dot org  