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Metadata queries
To see basic metadata about your indices, use the SHOW and DESCRIBE commands.
Syntax
Rule showStatement:
Rule showFilter:
Example 1: See metadata for indices
To see metadata for indices that match a specific pattern, use the SHOW command. Use the wildcard % to match all indices:
SHOW TABLES LIKE %
| TABLE_CAT | TABLE_SCHEM | TABLE_NAME | TABLE_TYPE | REMARKS | TYPE_CAT | TYPE_SCHEM | TYPE_NAME | SELF_REFERENCING_COL_NAME | REF_GENERATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | BASE TABLE | null | null | null | null | null | null |
| docker-cluster | null | employees_nested | BASE TABLE | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Example 2: See metadata for a specific index
To see metadata for an index name with a prefix of acc:
SHOW TABLES LIKE acc%
| TABLE_CAT | TABLE_SCHEM | TABLE_NAME | TABLE_TYPE | REMARKS | TYPE_CAT | TYPE_SCHEM | TYPE_NAME | SELF_REFERENCING_COL_NAME | REF_GENERATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | BASE TABLE | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Example 3: See metadata for fields
To see metadata for field names that match a specific pattern, use the DESCRIBE command:
DESCRIBE TABLES LIKE accounts
| TABLE_CAT | TABLE_SCHEM | TABLE_NAME | COLUMN_NAME | DATA_TYPE | TYPE_NAME | COLUMN_SIZE | BUFFER_LENGTH | DECIMAL_DIGITS | NUM_PREC_RADIX | NULLABLE | REMARKS | COLUMN_DEF | SQL_DATA_TYPE | SQL_DATETIME_SUB | CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH | ORDINAL_POSITION | IS_NULLABLE | SCOPE_CATALOG | SCOPE_SCHEMA | SCOPE_TABLE | SOURCE_DATA_TYPE | IS_AUTOINCREMENT | IS_GENERATEDCOLUMN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | account_number | null | long | null | null | null | 10 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | null | NO | ||
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | firstname | null | text | null | null | null | 10 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | null | null | null | null | NO | ||
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | address | null | text | null | null | null | 10 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | null | null | null | null | NO | ||
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | balance | null | long | null | null | null | 10 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | 4 | null | null | null | null | NO | ||
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | gender | null | text | null | null | null | 10 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | null | null | null | null | NO | ||
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | city | null | text | null | null | null | 10 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | null | null | null | null | NO | ||
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | employer | null | text | null | null | null | 10 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | 7 | null | null | null | null | NO | ||
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | state | null | text | null | null | null | 10 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | null | null | null | null | NO | ||
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | age | null | long | null | null | null | 10 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | 9 | null | null | null | null | NO | ||
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | null | text | null | null | null | 10 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | 10 | null | null | null | null | NO | |||
| docker-cluster | null | accounts | lastname | null | text | null | null | null | 10 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | 11 | null | null | null | null | NO |