Query to compare the structure of two tables in MySQL
TWO TABLES IN THE CURRENT DATABASE

If you want to know if two tables are different, run this

SELECT IF(COUNT(1)&gt;0,'Differences','No Differences') Comparison FROM
(
    SELECT
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type,COUNT(1) rowcount
    FROM information_schema.columns
    WHERE table_schema=DATABASE()
    AND table_name IN ('product_today','product_yesterday')
    GROUP BY
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type
    HAVING COUNT(1)=1
) A;


If you actually need to see the differences, run this

SELECT column_name,ordinal_position,data_type,column_type FROM
(
    SELECT
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type,COUNT(1) rowcount
    FROM information_schema.columns
    WHERE table_schema=DATABASE()
    AND table_name IN ('product_today','product_yesterday')
    GROUP BY
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type
    HAVING COUNT(1)=1
) A;


TWO TABLES IN A SPECIFIC DATABASE

If you want to know if two tables are different in database mydb, run this

SELECT IF(COUNT(1)&gt;0,'Differences','No Differences') Comparison FROM
(
    SELECT
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type,COUNT(1) rowcount
    FROM information_schema.columns
    WHERE table_schema='mydb'
    AND table_name IN ('product_today','product_yesterday')
    GROUP BY
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type
    HAVING COUNT(1)=1
) A;


If you actually need to see the differences, run this

SELECT column_name,ordinal_position,data_type,column_type FROM
(
    SELECT
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type,COUNT(1) rowcount
    FROM information_schema.columns
    WHERE table_schema='mydb'
    AND table_name IN ('product_today','product_yesterday')
    GROUP BY
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type
    HAVING COUNT(1)=1
) A;


TWO TABLES IN TWO DIFFERENT DATABASES

If you want to know if db1.tb1 and db2.tb2 are different, run this

SELECT IF(COUNT(1)&gt;0,'Differences','No Differences') Comparison FROM
(
    SELECT
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type,COUNT(1) rowcount
    FROM information_schema.columns
    WHERE
    (
        (table_schema='db1' AND table_name='tb1') OR
        (table_schema='db2' AND table_name='tb2')
    )
    AND table_name IN ('product_today','product_yesterday')
    GROUP BY
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type
    HAVING COUNT(1)=1
) A;


If you actually need to see the differences, run this

SELECT column_name,ordinal_position,data_type,column_type FROM
(
    SELECT
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type,COUNT(1) rowcount
    FROM information_schema.columns
    WHERE
    (
        (table_schema='db1' AND table_name='tb1') OR
        (table_schema='db2' AND table_name='tb2')
    )
    AND table_name IN ('product_today','product_yesterday')
    GROUP BY
        column_name,ordinal_position,
        data_type,column_type
    HAVING COUNT(1)=1
) A;


GIVE IT A TRY !!!