src/docs/user/list-tables.txt

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+sqoop-list-tables+
-------------------

Purpose
~~~~~~~

List tables present in a database.

Syntax
~~~~~~

----
$ sqoop list-tables (generic-args) (list-tables-args)
$ sqoop-list-tables (generic-args) (list-tables-args)
----

Although the Hadoop generic arguments must preceed any list-tables
arguments, the list-tables arguments can be entered in any order
with respect to one another.

include::common-args.txt[]

Example Invocations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

List tables available in the "corp" database:

----
$ sqoop list-tables --connect jdbc:mysql://database.example.com/corp
employees
payroll_checks
job_descriptions
office_supplies
----

In case of postgresql, list tables command with common arguments fetches only "public" schema. For custom schema, use --schema argument to list tables of particular schema
Example
----
$ sqoop list-tables --connect jdbc:postgresql://localhost/corp  --username name -P -- --schema payrolldept
employees
expenses
----