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<h1 class="title">SHOW TABLES</h1>
<h3 id="description">Description</h3>
<p>The <code>SHOW TABLES</code> statement returns all the tables for an optionally specified database.
Additionally, the output of this statement may be filtered by an optional matching
pattern. If no database is specified then the tables are returned from the
current database.</p>
<h3 id="syntax">Syntax</h3>
<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-sql" data-lang="sql"><span></span><span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">TABLES</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="err">{</span><span class="k">FROM</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">IN</span><span class="err">}</span> <span class="n">database_name</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="k">LIKE</span> <span class="s1">&#39;regex_pattern&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span></code></pre></figure>
<h3 id="parameters">Parameters</h3>
<dl>
<dt><code><em>{FROM|IN} database_name</em></code></dt>
<dd>
Specifies the database name from which tables are listed.
</dd>
<dt><code><em>LIKE regex_pattern</em></code></dt>
<dd>
Specifies the regular expression pattern that is used to filter out unwanted tables.
<ul>
<li> Except for `*` and `|` character, the pattern works like a regex.</li>
<li> `*` alone matches 0 or more characters and `|` is used to separate multiple different regexes,
any of which can match. </li>
<li> The leading and trailing blanks are trimmed in the input pattern before processing.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3 id="example">Example</h3>
<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-sql" data-lang="sql"><span></span><span class="c1">-- List all tables in default database</span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">TABLES</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">database</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">tableName</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">isTemporary</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">default</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">sam</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">default</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">sam1</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">default</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">suj</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="c1">-- List all tables from userdb database </span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">TABLES</span> <span class="k">FROM</span> <span class="n">userdb</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">database</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">tableName</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">isTemporary</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">userdb</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">user1</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">userdb</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">user2</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="c1">-- List all tables in userdb database</span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">TABLES</span> <span class="k">IN</span> <span class="n">userdb</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">database</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">tableName</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">isTemporary</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">userdb</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">user1</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">userdb</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">user2</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="c1">-- List all tables from default database matching the pattern `sam*`</span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">TABLES</span> <span class="k">FROM</span> <span class="k">default</span> <span class="k">LIKE</span> <span class="s1">&#39;sam*&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">database</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">tableName</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">isTemporary</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">default</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">sam</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">default</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">sam1</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="c1">-- List all tables matching the pattern `sam*|suj`</span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">TABLES</span> <span class="k">LIKE</span> <span class="s1">&#39;sam*|suj&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">database</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">tableName</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">isTemporary</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">default</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">sam</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">default</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">sam1</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">default</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">suj</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">false</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------+------------+--------------+--+</span></code></pre></figure>
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