SHOW TABLES
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Shows the list of tables in the currently selected database, or in another database if db_
Syntax
SHOW [FULL] [TEMPORARY] TABLES [{FROM | IN} db_name]
[[EXTENDED] LIKE pattern | WHERE TABLE_TYPE {= | !=} {'VIEW' | 'BASE TABLE'}]Remarks
-
db_is the name of a SingleStore Helios database.name If db_is not specified, then a database must be currently selected (see USE ).name -
The
SHOW TABLEScommand (without theTEMPORARYoption) run on the child or master aggregator displays the global temporary tables and normal tables, but not the temporary tables. -
SHOW TEMPORARY TABLESwill show temporary tables but not global temporary tables. -
If you specify a table type, you must also use the
FULLkeyword. -
See the Permission Matrix for the required permission.
Examples
Example 1
Suppose a global temporary table globtemp and a temporary table temptab exists in the database, along with few normal tables.
SHOW TABLES;
+---------------+
| Tables_in_db1 |
+---------------+
| allviews |
| circle |
| globtemp |
| product |
| reading |
| source |
| stock |
| stockN |
+---------------+SHOW TEMPORARY TABLES;
+---------------+------------+------------+
| Tables_in_db1 | aggregator | connection |
+---------------+------------+------------+
| temptab | 1 | 5 |
+---------------+------------+------------+Example 2
SHOW TABLES EXTENDED;
+---------------+------------------------+-------------+-------------------+
| Tables_in_db1 | Table_type | distributed | Storage_type |
+---------------+------------------------+-------------+-------------------+
| allviews | BASE TABLE | 1 | INMEMORY_ROWSTORE |
| circle | BASE TABLE | 1 | INMEMORY_ROWSTORE |
| globtemp | GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE | 1 | INMEMORY_ROWSTORE |
| product | BASE TABLE | 1 | INMEMORY_ROWSTORE |
| reading | BASE TABLE | 1 | INMEMORY_ROWSTORE |
| source | BASE TABLE | 1 | INMEMORY_ROWSTORE |
| stock | BASE TABLE | 1 | INMEMORY_ROWSTORE |
| stockN | BASE TABLE | 1 | INMEMORY_ROWSTORE |
| temptab | TEMPORARY TABLE | 1 | INMEMORY_ROWSTORE |
+---------------+------------------------+-------------+-------------------+Example 3
SHOW TABLES LIKE 's%';
+--------------------+
| Tables_in_db1 (s%) |
+--------------------+
| source |
| stock |
| stockN |
+--------------------+Example 4
SHOW FULL TABLES WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE';
+---------------+------------+
| Tables_in_db1 | Table_type |
+---------------+------------+
| allviews | BASE TABLE |
| circle | BASE TABLE |
| product | BASE TABLE |
| reading | BASE TABLE |
| source | BASE TABLE |
| stock | BASE TABLE |
| stockN | BASE TABLE |
+---------------+------------+Last modified: April 26, 2023