SHOW COLUMNS
Shows only the column names for a single specified table, Athena view, or Data Catalog view. To obtain more detailed information for Athena views, query the AWS Glue Data Catalog instead. For information and examples, see the following sections of the Query the AWS Glue Data Catalog topic:
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To view column metadata such as data type, see List or search columns for a specified table or view.
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To view all columns for all tables in a specific database in
AwsDataCatalog, see List or search columns for a specified table or view. -
To view all columns for all tables in all databases in
AwsDataCatalog, see List all columns for all tables. -
To view the columns that specific tables in a database have in common, see List the columns that specific tables have in common.
For Data Catalog views, the output of the statement is controlled by Lake Formation access control and shows only the columns that the caller has access to.
Synopsis
SHOW COLUMNS {FROM|IN} database_name.table_or_view_nameSHOW COLUMNS {FROM|IN} table_or_view_name [{FROM|IN} database_name]The FROM and IN keywords can be used interchangeably. If
table_or_view_name or
database_name has special characters like hyphens,
surround the name with back quotes (for example, `my-database`.`my-table`).
Do not surround the table_or_view_name or
database_name with single or double quotes. Currently,
the use of LIKE and pattern matching expressions is not supported.
Examples
The following equivalent examples show the columns from the orders table
in the customers database. The first two examples assume that
customers is the current database.
SHOW COLUMNS FROM orders
SHOW COLUMNS IN orders
SHOW COLUMNS FROM customers.orders
SHOW COLUMNS IN customers.orders
SHOW COLUMNS FROM orders FROM customers
SHOW COLUMNS IN orders IN customers
