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SHOW TABLE METADATA

Description

The SHOW TABLE METADATA syntax is used to query tabe metadata.

Syntax

ShowTableMetadata ::=
  'SHOW' 'TABLE' 'METADATA' tableName (',' tableName)* ('FROM' databaseName)?

tableName ::=
  identifier

databaseName ::=
  identifier

Return Value Description

Columns Description
schema_name database name
table_name table name
type metadata type
name metadata name

Supplement

  • When databaseName is not specified, the default is the currently used DATABASE. If DATABASE is not used, No database selected will be prompted.

Example

  • Query matadata of multiple tables from specified database
SHOW TABLE METADATA t_order, t_order_1 FROM test1;

mysql> SHOW TABLE METADATA t_order, t_order_1 FROM test1;
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
| schema_name | table_name | type   | name     |
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
| test1       | t_order_1  | COLUMN | order_id |
| test1       | t_order_1  | COLUMN | user_id  |
| test1       | t_order_1  | COLUMN | status   |
| test1       | t_order_1  | INDEX  | PRIMARY  |
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | order_id |
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | user_id  |
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | status   |
| test1       | t_order    | INDEX  | PRIMARY  |
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
8 rows in set (0.01 sec)
  • Query metadata of one table from specified database
SHOW TABLE METADATA t_order FROM test1;

mysql> SHOW TABLE METADATA t_order FROM test1;
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
| schema_name | table_name | type   | name     |
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | order_id |
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | user_id  |
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | status   |
| test1       | t_order    | INDEX  | PRIMARY  |
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
  • Query metadata of multiple tables from current database
SHOW TABLE METADATA t_order, t_order_1;

mysql> SHOW TABLE METADATA t_order, t_order_1;
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
| schema_name | table_name | type   | name     |
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
| test1       | t_order_1  | COLUMN | order_id |
| test1       | t_order_1  | COLUMN | user_id  |
| test1       | t_order_1  | COLUMN | status   |
| test1       | t_order_1  | INDEX  | PRIMARY  |
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | order_id |
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | user_id  |
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | status   |
| test1       | t_order    | INDEX  | PRIMARY  |
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
  • Query metadata of one table from current database
SHOW TABLE METADATA t_order;

mysql> SHOW TABLE METADATA t_order;
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
| schema_name | table_name | type   | name     |
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | order_id |
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | user_id  |
| test1       | t_order    | COLUMN | status   |
| test1       | t_order    | INDEX  | PRIMARY  |
+-------------+------------+--------+----------+
4 rows in set (0.01 sec)

Reserved word

SHOW, TABLE, METADATA, FROM