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SHOW CREATE TABLE

Shows the CREATE TABLE statement that creates the named table.

Syntax​

SHOW CREATE TABLE [database.]table_name

Examples​

note

numbers(N) – A table for test with the single number column (UInt64) that contains integers from 0 to N-1.

mysql> SHOW CREATE TABLE system.numbers;
+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Table   | Create Table                                                       |
+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| numbers | CREATE TABLE `numbers` (
  `number` UInt64,
) ENGINE=SystemNumbers |
+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+