public function getColumnMeta($name = '')
    {

        $retval = array();
        $field = NULL;
        while ($field = mysqli_fetch_field($this->getResultId())) {
            $f = new stdClass();
            $f->name = $field->name;
            $f->type = $field->type;
            $f->default = $field->def;
            $f->maxLength = $field->max_length;
            $f->primaryKey = $field->primary_key;

            $retval[] = $f;
        }

        return $retval;
    }