mirror of
https://github.com/jbranchaud/til
synced 2026-01-02 22:58:01 +00:00
31 lines
967 B
Markdown
31 lines
967 B
Markdown
# Show Create Statement For A Table
|
|
|
|
In MySQL, you can get a quick rundown of a table using `describe users`. An
|
|
alternative to this approach is to have MySQL show the `create` statement
|
|
for a table.
|
|
|
|
```sql
|
|
> show create table users\G
|
|
*************************** 1. row ***************************
|
|
Table: users
|
|
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `users` (
|
|
`id` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
|
|
`first_name` varchar(80) NOT NULL,
|
|
`last_name` varchar(80) NOT NULL,
|
|
`email` varchar(80) NOT NULL,
|
|
`middle_initial` varchar(80) NOT NULL,
|
|
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
|
|
UNIQUE KEY `unique_email` (`email`)
|
|
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
This includes some additional information like primary key and index
|
|
information. It is also a great way to study the SQL that it takes to create
|
|
all the facets of a table.
|
|
|
|
See the [`show create table`
|
|
docs](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/show-create-table.html) for
|
|
more details.
|
|
|
|
h/t Jake Worth
|