Updated on 2024-07-04 GMT+08:00

Viewing Table Creation Statements

Function

This statement is used to show the statements for creating a table.

Syntax

1
SHOW CREATE TABLE table_name;

Keywords

CREATE TABLE: statement for creating a table

Parameters

Table 1 Parameter

Parameter

Description

table_name

Table name

Precautions

The table specified in this statement must exist. Otherwise, an error will occur.

Example

Example of Spark 2.4.5:
  • Run the following command to return the statement for creating the testDB01.testTable5 table:

    SHOW CREATE TABLE testDB01.testTable5

  • Return the statement for creating the test table.
    createtab_stmt
     CREATE TABLE `testDB01`.`testTable5`(`id` INT, `age` INT, `money` DOUBLE)
    COMMENT 'test'
    ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.parquet.serde.ParquetHiveSerDe'
    WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (
      'serialization.format' = '1'
    )
    STORED AS
      INPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.parquet.MapredParquetInputFormat'
      OUTPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.parquet.MapredParquetOutputFormat'
    TBLPROPERTIES (
      'hive.serialization.extend.nesting.levels' = 'true',
      'ddlUpdateTime' = '1707202585460'
    )