How do I show the schema of a table in a MySQL database?
For formatted output:
describe [db_name.]table_name;For an SQL statement that can be used to create a table:
show create table [db_name.]table_name;
You can also use shorthand for describe as desc for table description.
desc [db_name.]table_name;
or
use db_name;
desc table_name;
You can also use explain for table description.
explain [db_name.]table_name;
See official doc
Will give output like:
+----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |+----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+| id | int(10) | NO | PRI | NULL | || name | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | || age | int(10) | YES | | NULL | || sex | varchar(10) | YES | | NULL | || sal | int(10) | YES | | NULL | || location | varchar(20) | YES | | Pune | |+----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+