DESCRIBE

DESCRIBE

Name

DESCRIBE

Description

This statement is used to display the schema information of the specified table

grammar:

DESC[RIBE] [db_name.]table_name [ALL];

illustrate:

1. If ALL is specified, the schemas of all indexes (rollup) of the table will be displayed

Example

1. Display the Base table schema

   DESC table_name;

2. Display the schema of all indexes of the table

   DESC db1.table_name ALL;

Keywords

DESCRIBE

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