SHOW TABLES

Returns a table with a row for each table in the current database, with columns containing information for each table as listed below.

Syntax

SHOW TABLES;

Returns

The returned table has the following columns.

Column name	Data Type	Description
table_name	TEXT	The name of the table.
state	TEXT	The current table state.
table_type	TEXT	One of FACT, DIMENSION, or EXTERNAL.
column_count	INTEGER	The number of columns in the table.
primary_index	TEXT	An ordered array of the column names comprising the primary index definition, if applicable.
schema	TEXT	The text of the SQL statement that created the table.
number_of_rows	INTEGER	The number of rows in the table.
size	DOUBLE PRECISION	The compressed size of the table.
size_uncompressed	DOUBLE PRECISION	The uncompressed size of the table.
compression_ratio	DOUBLE PRECISION	The compression ratio (<size_uncompressed>/<size>).
number_of_tablets	INTEGER	The number of tablets comprising the table.

Example

The following example returns information about tables in the database queried:

SHOW TABLES;

table_name	state	table_type	column_count	primary_index	schema	number_of_rows	size	size_uncompressed	compression_ratio	number_of_tablets
ex_games	Valid	EXTERNAL	1	“CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ““ex_games”” (““src”” text NOT NULL)	"”OBJECT_PATTERN”” = ‘help_center_assets/firebolt_sample_dataset/games.json’ ““TYPE”” = (““JSON”” ““PARSE_AS_TEXT”” = ‘TRUE’) ““URL”” = ‘s3://firebolt-publishing-public/help_center_assets/firebolt_sample_dataset/’”	0	0.00 B	0.00 B	0	0