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title: SHOW TBLPROPERTIES
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displayTitle: SHOW TBLPROPERTIES
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---
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### Description
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This statement returns the value of a table property given an optional value for
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a property key. If no key is specified then all the properties are returned.
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### Syntax
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{% highlight sql %}
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SHOW TBLPROPERTIES table_identifier
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[ ( unquoted_property_key | property_key_as_string_literal ) ]
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{% endhighlight %}
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### Parameters
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<dl>
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<dt><code><em>table_identifier</em></code></dt>
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<dd>
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Specifies the table name of an existing table. The table may be optionally qualified
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with a database name.<br><br>
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<b>Syntax:</b>
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<code>
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[ database_name. ] table_name
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</code>
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</dd>
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<dt><code><em>unquoted_property_key</em></code></dt>
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<dd>
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Specifies the property key in unquoted form. The key may consists of multiple
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parts separated by dot.<br><br>
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<b>Syntax:</b>
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<code>
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[ key_part1 ] [ .key_part2 ] [ ... ]
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</code>
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</dd>
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<dt><code><em>property_key_as_string_literal</em></code></dt>
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<dd>
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Specifies a property key value as a string literal.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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**Note**
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- Property value returned by this statement excludes some properties
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that are internal to spark and hive. The excluded properties are :
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- All the properties that start with prefix `spark.sql`
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- Property keys such as: `EXTERNAL`, `comment`
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- All the properties generated internally by hive to store statistics. Some of these
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properties are: `numFiles`, `numPartitions`, `numRows`.
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### Examples
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{% highlight sql %}
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-- create a table `customer` in database `salesdb`
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USE salesdb;
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CREATE TABLE customer(cust_code INT, name VARCHAR(100), cust_addr STRING)
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TBLPROPERTIES ('created.by.user' = 'John', 'created.date' = '01-01-2001');
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-- show all the user specified properties for table `customer`
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SHOW TBLPROPERTIES customer;
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+---------------------+----------+
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|key |value |
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+---------------------+----------+
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|created.by.user |John |
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|created.date |01-01-2001|
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|transient_lastDdlTime|1567554931|
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+---------------------+----------+
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-- show all the user specified properties for a qualified table `customer`
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-- in database `salesdb`
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SHOW TBLPROPERTIES salesdb.customer;
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+---------------------+----------+
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|key |value |
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+---------------------+----------+
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|created.by.user |John |
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|created.date |01-01-2001|
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|transient_lastDdlTime|1567554931|
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+---------------------+----------+
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-- show value for unquoted property key `created.by.user`
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SHOW TBLPROPERTIES customer (created.by.user);
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+-----+
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|value|
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+-----+
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|John |
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+-----+
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-- show value for property `created.date`` specified as string literal
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SHOW TBLPROPERTIES customer ('created.date');
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+----------+
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|value |
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+----------+
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|01-01-2001|
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+----------+
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{% endhighlight %}
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### Related Statements
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- [CREATE TABLE](sql-ref-syntax-ddl-create-table.html)
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- [ALTER TABLE SET TBLPROPERTIES](sql-ref-syntax-ddl-alter-table.html)
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- [SHOW TABLES](sql-ref-syntax-aux-show-tables.html)
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- [SHOW TABLE EXTENDED](sql-ref-syntax-aux-show-table.html)
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