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SHOW TABLES

Description​

This statement is used to display all tables under the current db

grammar:

SHOW [FULL] TABLES [LIKE]

illustrate:

  1. LIKE: Fuzzy query can be performed according to the table name

Examples​

  1. View all tables under DB

    mysql> show tables;
    +---------------------------------+
    | Tables_in_demo |
    +---------------------------------+
    | ads_client_biz_aggr_di_20220419 |
    | cmy1 |
    | cmy2 |
    | intern_theme |
    | left_table |
    +---------------------------------+
    5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
  2. Fuzzy query by table name

    mysql> show tables like '%cm%';
    +----------------+
    | Tables_in_demo |
    +----------------+
    | cmy1 |
    | cmy2 |
    +----------------+
    2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Keywords​

SHOW, TABLES

Best Practice​