HOW TO SHOW TABLES IN MYSQL code example

Example 1: mysql show all tables

show tables;

Example 2: mysql command show tables

SHOW TABLES;

Example 3: show table info mysql

Copied mysql> DESCRIBE pet;
+---------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field   | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| name    | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| owner   | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| species | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| sex     | char(1)     | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| birth   | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| death   | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+---------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

Example 4: mysql command show tables

mysql -u user -p

Example 5: show tables mysql

Press CTRL+C to copy SHOW [EXTENDED] [FULL] TABLES
    [{FROM | IN} db_name]
    [LIKE 'pattern' | WHERE expr]