Spark SQL Guide

SHOW CREATE TABLE

Description

SHOW CREATE TABLE returns the CREATE TABLE statement or CREATE VIEW statement that was used to create a given table or view. SHOW CREATE TABLE on a non-existent table or a temporary view throws an exception.

Syntax

SHOW CREATE TABLE name

Parameters

name
The name of the table or view to be used for SHOW CREATE TABLE.

Examples

CREATE TABLE test (c INT) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
    STORED AS TEXTFILE
    TBLPROPERTIES ('prop1' = 'value1', 'prop2' = 'value2');

show create table test;

-- the result of SHOW CREATE TABLE test
CREATE TABLE `test`(`c` INT)
ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe'
WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (
  'field.delim' = ',',
  'serialization.format' = ','
)
STORED AS
  INPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat'
  OUTPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat'
TBLPROPERTIES (
  'transient_lastDdlTime' = '1569350233',
  'prop1' = 'value1',
  'prop2' = 'value2'
)