SHOW-CREATE-TABLE

SHOW-CREATE-TABLE

Name

SHOW CREATE TABLE

Description

This statement is used to display the creation statement of the data table.

grammar:

SHOW [BRIEF] CREATE TABLE [DBNAME.]TABLE_NAME

illustrate:

1. BRIEF : will not show partitions info

2. DBNAMNE : database name

3. TABLE_NAME : table name

Example

1. View the table creation statement of a table

   SHOW CREATE TABLE demo.tb1

Keywords

SHOW, CREATE, TABLE

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