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README.md

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 - [Aliasing An Ansible Host](devops/aliasing-an-ansible-host.md)
 - [Allow Cross-Origin Requests To Include Cookies](devops/allow-cross-origin-requests-to-include-cookies.md)
 - [Allow HTTPS Through Your UFW Firewall](devops/allow-https-through-your-ufw-firewall.md)
-- [Check For Cached Site Assocation File For iOS](devops/check-for-cached-site-association-file-for-ios.md)
+- [Check For Cached Site Association File For iOS](devops/check-for-cached-site-association-file-for-ios.md)
 - [Check The Status of All Services](devops/check-the-status-of-all-services.md)
 - [Check The Syntax Of nginx Files](devops/check-the-syntax-of-nginx-files.md)
 - [Connect To An RDS PostgreSQL Database](devops/connect-to-an-rds-postgresql-database.md)
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 - [Check If Clusters Are Upgrade Compatible](postgres/check-if-clusters-are-upgrade-compatible.md)
 - [Check If The Local Server Is Running](postgres/check-if-the-local-server-is-running.md)
 - [Check If User Role Exists For Database](postgres/check-if-user-role-exists-for-database.md)
-- [Check Table For Any Oprhaned Records](postgres/check-table-for-any-orphaned-records.md)
+- [Check Table For Any Orphaned Records](postgres/check-table-for-any-orphaned-records.md)
 - [Checking Inequality](postgres/checking-inequality.md)
 - [Checking The Type Of A Value](postgres/checking-the-type-of-a-value.md)
 - [Clear The Screen In psql](postgres/clear-the-screen-in-psql.md)
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 ### SQLite
 
 - [Display Results In Readable Column Format](sqlite/display-results-in-readable-column-format.md)
+- [Explore The Database Schema](sqlite/explore-the-database-schema.md)
 
 ### Streaming
 

sqlite/explore-the-database-schema.md

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+# Explore The Database Schema
+
+The first thing I like to do when connecting to a database is get a quick lay
+of the land. What are the tables and what do they look like?
+
+I can list all tables with the `.tables` dot-command.
+
+```sql
+sqlite> .tables
+ingredient_amounts  ingredients         recipes
+```
+
+I can then look at the `create table` statement for specific tables to see what
+their schema looks like:
+
+```sql
+sqlite> .schema recipes
+CREATE TABLE recipes (
+  id integer primary key,
+  name varchar not null,
+  description text not null,
+  instructions text not null
+);
+```
+
+The `.schema` dot-command can also be used without any argument and it will
+display the schema for all tables of all connected databases.
+
+Run `.help` from the `sqlite3` prompt for more dot-command options.
+
+[source](https://www.sqlite.org/cli.html#querying_the_database_schema)