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