DESCRIBE TABLE
DESCRIBE | DESC [CATALOG identifier]? [INCLUDE FROZEN]? [table_identifier | LIKE pattern]
- Catalog (cluster) identifier. Supports wildcards (
*
). - Whether or not to include frozen indices.
- Single table (index or data stream) identifier or double-quoted multi-target pattern.
- SQL LIKE pattern matching table names.
Description: DESC
and DESCRIBE
are aliases to SHOW COLUMNS.
DESCRIBE emp; column | type | mapping --------------------+---------------+--------------- birth_date |TIMESTAMP |datetime dep |STRUCT |nested dep.dep_id |VARCHAR |keyword dep.dep_name |VARCHAR |text dep.dep_name.keyword|VARCHAR |keyword dep.from_date |TIMESTAMP |datetime dep.to_date |TIMESTAMP |datetime emp_no |INTEGER |integer first_name |VARCHAR |text first_name.keyword |VARCHAR |keyword gender |VARCHAR |keyword hire_date |TIMESTAMP |datetime languages |TINYINT |byte last_name |VARCHAR |text last_name.keyword |VARCHAR |keyword name |VARCHAR |keyword salary |INTEGER |integer