Puede recuperar los valores posibles para un campo SET usando DESCRIBE myTableName mySetColumn
o SHOW COLUMNS FROM myTableName LIKE mySetColumn
:
mysql> DESCRIBE myTableName mySetColumn;
+-------+-------------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------+-------------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| myset | set('Travel','Sports','Dancing','Dining') | YES | | NULL | |
+-------+-------------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
Artículo informativo aquí , manual aquí .