SHOW TABLES
SHOW TABLES
[CATALOG [catalog_identifier | 1
LIKE pattern]]? 2
[INCLUDE FROZEN]? 3
[table_identifier | 4
LIKE pattern]? 5
- Catalog (cluster) identifier. Supports wildcards (
*). - SQL LIKE pattern matching catalog names.
- Whether or not to include frozen indices.
- Single table (index or data stream) identifier or double-quoted multi-target pattern.
- SQL LIKE pattern matching table names.
See index patterns for more information about patterns.
Description: List the tables available to the current user and their type.
SHOW TABLES;
catalog | name | type | kind
---------------+---------------+----------+---------------
javaRestTest |emp |TABLE |INDEX
javaRestTest |employees |VIEW |ALIAS
javaRestTest |library |TABLE |INDEX
Match multiple indices by using Elasticsearch multi-target syntax notation:
SHOW TABLES "*,-l*";
catalog | name | type | kind
---------------+---------------+----------+---------------
javaRestTest |emp |TABLE |INDEX
javaRestTest |employees |VIEW |ALIAS
One can also use the LIKE clause to restrict the list of names to the given pattern.
The pattern can be an exact match:
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'emp';
catalog | name | type | kind
---------------+---------------+----------+---------------
javaRestTest |emp |TABLE |INDEX
Multiple chars:
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'emp%';
catalog | name | type | kind
---------------+---------------+----------+---------------
javaRestTest |emp |TABLE |INDEX
javaRestTest |employees |VIEW |ALIAS
A single char:
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'em_';
catalog | name | type | kind
---------------+---------------+----------+---------------
javaRestTest |emp |TABLE |INDEX
Or a mixture of single and multiple chars:
SHOW TABLES LIKE '%em_';
catalog | name | type | kind
---------------+---------------+----------+---------------
javaRestTest |emp |TABLE |INDEX
List tables within remote clusters whose names are matched by a wildcard:
SHOW TABLES CATALOG 'my_*' LIKE 'test_emp%';
catalog | name | type | kind
-----------------+---------------+---------------+---------------
my_remote_cluster|test_emp |TABLE |INDEX
my_remote_cluster|test_emp_copy |TABLE |INDEX