SHOW TABLES

Lists the tables in the database.

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Synopsis

SHOW TABLES [{FROM | IN} table_schema] [LIKE 'pattern' | WHERE expression]

Description

SHOW TABLES can be used to retrieve the table names of the database in alphabetical order. The same list can be fetched by querying table names of the information_schema.tables table.

System and BLOB tables are only listed when they are explicitly specified in FROM | IN clause.

Parameters

table_schema:

The name of the schema the tables are appropriate to.

Clauses

LIKE

The optional LIKE clause matches only on table names and omits schema names. It takes a string pattern as a filter and has an equivalent behavior to LIKE (ILIKE).

WHERE

The optional WHERE clause defines the condition to be met for a row to be returned.