How can I describe all tables in the database through one statement?

Question

Is there any statement that can describe all tables in a database?

Something like this:

describe * from myDB;

Answer 1

This is a variation of @AlexShaffer's excellent comment, modified to mirror what the Mac terminal's mysql monitor outputs when asked to describe a table.

USE information_schema;

SELECT TABLE_NAME 'Table', COLUMN_NAME 'Field', COLUMN_TYPE 'Type', IS_NULLABLE 'Null',
  COLUMN_KEY 'Key', COLUMN_DEFAULT 'Default', EXTRA 'Extra'
FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE table_schema = 'your_db'
ORDER BY TABLE_NAME;