Calling value from FORUM table

I have a new field in my forum table, and want to be able to call its value from anywhere that a particular forum's values would be used (ie, forum display, within a thread, ie anywhere its logo would be seen).

Can anyone tell me how I would call this value? I've tried various ways and nothing works

[Admin]

Usually things like $forum[fieldName] or $foruminfo[fieldName], but you'll need to be more specific if you want a more specific answer.

[MarkB]

Ok

I have field 'Something' within the 'forum' table, which I want associated with the header template for use within the relevant forum (and which can be changed depending on the forum).

I want to be able to set this within the header template, so I'm assuming $forum[Something] won't work since that only works for one of the two (forumdisplay & showthread - can't remember offhand which uses $forum and which uses $foruminfo!).

I figure I will just need to have it run through a template, but am at a loss of how to do it... mental blank, y'see

Thanks for the response!

[MarkB]

Nevermind, I found another way to run the hack. Thanks anyway.