SHOW

The SHOW keyword provides database and table information.

SHOW DATABASES

Show all databases:

SHOW DATABASES;

+---------+
| Schemas |
+---------+
| public  |
+---------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

Show databases by LIKE pattern:

SHOW DATABASES LIKE 'p%';

Show databases by where expr:

SHOW DATABASES WHERE Schemas='test_public_schema';

SHOW TABLES

Show all tables:

SHOW TABLES;

+---------+
| Tables  |
+---------+
| numbers |
| scripts |
+---------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Show tables in the test database:

SHOW TABLES FROM test;

Show tables by like pattern:

SHOW TABLES like '%prometheus%';

Show tables by where expr:

SHOW TABLES FROM test WHERE Tables='numbers';

SHOW FULL TABLES

SHOW FULL TABLES [IN | FROM] [DATABASE] [LIKE pattern] [WHERE query]

It will list all tables and table types in the database:

SHOW FULL TABLES;

+---------+------------+
| Tables  | Table_type |
+---------+------------+
| monitor | BASE TABLE |
| numbers | TEMPORARY  |
+---------+------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

• Tables: the table names.
• Table_type: the table types, such as BASE_TABLE, TEMPORARY, and VIEW etc.

It supports like and where query too:

SHOW FULL TABLES FROM public like '%mo%';

+---------+------------+
| Tables  | Table_type |
+---------+------------+
| monitor | BASE TABLE |
+---------+------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

SHOW FULL TABLES WHERE Table_type='BASE TABLE';

+---------+------------+
| Tables  | Table_type |
+---------+------------+
| monitor | BASE TABLE |
+---------+------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

SHOW CREATE TABLE

Shows the CREATE TABLE statement that creates the named table:

SHOW CREATE TABLE [table]

For example:

SHOW CREATE TABLE system_metrics;

+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Table          | Create Table                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| system_metrics | CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `system_metrics` (
  `host` STRING NULL,
  `idc` STRING NULL,
  `cpu_util` DOUBLE NULL,
  `memory_util` DOUBLE NULL,
  `disk_util` DOUBLE NULL,
  `ts` TIMESTAMP(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT current_timestamp(),
  TIME INDEX (`ts`),
  PRIMARY KEY (`host`, `idc`)
)

ENGINE=mito
WITH(
  regions = 1
) |
+----------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

• Table: the table name.
• Create Table: The SQL to create the table.