SHOW COLUMNS

Reference and syntax for the SHOW COLUMNS command.

Lists columns and their properties for a specified table. Returns <table_name>, <column_name>, <data_type>, and nullable (TRUE if nullable, FALSE if not) for each column.

Syntax

SHOW COLUMNS <table>;

Parameters

Parameter	Description
<table>	The name of the table to be analyzed.

Example

The following example highlights all of the columns from the tournaments table:

SHOW COLUMNS tournaments;

table_name	column_name	data_type	nullable
tournaments	enddatetime	TIMESTAMP	FALSE
tournaments	gameid	INTEGER	FALSE
tournaments	name	TEXT	FALSE
tournaments	rulesdefinition	TEXT	FALSE
tournaments	SOURCE_FILE_NAME	TEXT	FALSE
tournaments	SOURCE_FILE_TIMESTAMP	TIMESTAMP	FALSE
tournaments	startdatetime	TIMESTAMP	FALSE
tournaments	totalprizedollars	INTEGER	FALSE
tournaments	tournamentid	INTEGER	FALSE