SELECT
COLUMN_NAME,
DATA_TYPE,
CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH AS MAX_LENGTH,
CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH AS OCTET_LENGTH
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'table_name'
AND COLUMN_NAME = 'column_name';
SELECT DATA_TYPE
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE
TABLE_SCHEMA = 'yourSchemaName' AND
TABLE_NAME = 'yourTableName' AND
COLUMN_NAME = 'yourColumnName'