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SHOW ALTER

Description​

This statement is used to display the execution of various modification tasks currently in progress

SHOW ALTER [CLUSTER | TABLE [COLUMN | ROLLUP] [FROM db_name]];

TABLE COLUMN: show ALTER tasks that modify columns Support syntax [WHERE TableName|CreateTime|FinishTime|State] [ORDER BY] [LIMIT] TABLE ROLLUP: Shows the task of creating or deleting a ROLLUP index If db_name is not specified, the current default db is used CLUSTER: Displays tasks related to cluster operations (only for administrators! To be implemented...)

Examples​

  1. Display the task execution of all modified columns of the default db

     SHOW ALTER TABLE COLUMN;
  2. Display the task execution status of the last modified column of a table

    SHOW ALTER TABLE COLUMN WHERE TableName = "table1" ORDER BY CreateTime DESC LIMIT 1;
  3. Display the task execution of creating or deleting ROLLUP index for the specified db

    SHOW ALTER TABLE ROLLUP FROM example_db;
  4. Show tasks related to cluster operations (only for administrators! To be implemented...)

    SHOW ALTER CLUSTER;

Keywords​

SHOW, ALTER

Best Practice​