SHOW INDEX, SHOW INDEXES, SHOW KEYS
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Displays the list of indexes associated with a given table.
Syntax
SHOW {INDEX | INDEXES | KEYS}{FROM | IN} tbl_name[{FROM | IN} db_name][WHERE expr]
Remarks
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tbl_- name of a table in a SingleStore Helios database.name -
db_- name of a SingleStore Helios database.name If not specified, then the currently open database is used. -
expr- SQL WHERE expression. -
The
Key_for shard keys on columnstore tables is listed as "_name _ SHARDKEY" in the SHOW INDEX,SHOW INDEXES, orSHOW KEYSoutput. -
The
Index_for shard keys on columnstore tables is listed at "METADATA_type ONLY" in the SHOW INDEX,SHOW INDEXES, orSHOW KEYSoutput.
Output
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Column |
Description |
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Table name |
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Non-unique |
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Key name |
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Sequence in the index |
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Column name |
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Collation |
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Cardinality |
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Sub-part |
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Packed |
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Null |
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Index type (see Index) |
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Comment |
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Comment |
Example
SHOW INDEX IN mytbl;
+-------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+
| Table | Non_unique | Key_name | Seq_in_index | Column_name | Collation | Cardinality | Sub_part | Packed | Null | Index_type | Comment | Index_comment |
+-------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+
| mytbl | 1 | seq | 1 | seq | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | |
| mytbl | 1 | seq_index | 1 | seq | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | |
+-------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+SHOW INDEXES IN mytbl;
+-------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+
| Table | Non_unique | Key_name | Seq_in_index | Column_name | Collation | Cardinality | Sub_part | Packed | Null | Index_type | Comment | Index_comment |
+-------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+
| mytbl | 1 | seq | 1 | seq | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | |
| mytbl | 1 | seq_index | 1 | seq | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | |
+-------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+SHOW KEYS in mytbl;
+-------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+
| Table | Non_unique | Key_name | Seq_in_index | Column_name | Collation | Cardinality | Sub_part | Packed | Null | Index_type | Comment | Index_comment |
+-------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+
| mytbl | 1 | seq | 1 | seq | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | |
| mytbl | 1 | seq_index | 1 | seq | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | |
+-------+------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+SHOW INDEXES in my_columnstore_tbl;
+--------------------+------------+------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+---------------+----------+---------------+
| Table | Non_unique | Key_name | Seq_in_index | Column_name | Collation | Cardinality | Sub_part | Packed | Null | Index_type | Comment | Index_comment |
+--------------------+------------+------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+---------------+----------+---------------+
| my_columnstore_tbl | 1 | __SHARDKEY | 1 | a | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | YES | METADATA_ONLY | | |
+--------------------+------------+------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+---------------+----------+---------------+Last modified: December 14, 2023