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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

Best Practice​