SHOW COLUMNS
Lists the names of the columns a specified table or view. To view additional column metadata (such as data type), see Listing or Searching Columns for a Specified Table or View.
Synopsis
SHOW COLUMNS (FROM|IN) database_name.table_nameSHOW COLUMNS (FROM|IN) table_name [(FROM|IN) database_name]The FROM and IN keywords can be used interchangeably. If
table_name or database_name
has special characters like hyphens, surround the name with backquotes (for example,
`my-database`.`my-table`). Do not surround the
table_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
