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layout: global
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title: DESCRIBE TABLE
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displayTitle: DESCRIBE TABLE
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license: |
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contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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limitations under the License.
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---
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### Description
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`DESCRIBE TABLE` statement returns the basic metadata information of a
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table. The metadata information includes column name, column type
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and column comment. Optionally a partition spec or column name may be specified
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to return the metadata pertaining to a partition or column respectively.
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### Syntax
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```sql
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{ DESC | DESCRIBE } [ TABLE ] [ format ] table_identifier [ partition_spec ] [ col_name ]
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```
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### Parameters
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* **format**
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Specifies the optional format of describe output. If `EXTENDED` is specified
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then additional metadata information (such as parent database, owner, and access time)
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is returned.
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* **table_identifier**
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Specifies a table name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.
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**Syntax:** `[ database_name. ] table_name`
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* **partition_spec**
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An optional parameter that specifies a comma separated list of key and value pairs
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for partitions. When specified, additional partition metadata is returned.
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**Syntax:** `PARTITION ( partition_col_name = partition_col_val [ , ... ] )`
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* **col_name**
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An optional parameter that specifies the column name that needs to be described.
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The supplied column name may be optionally qualified. Parameters `partition_spec`
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and `col_name` are mutually exclusive and can not be specified together. Currently
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nested columns are not allowed to be specified.
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**Syntax:** `[ database_name. ] [ table_name. ] column_name`
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### Examples
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```sql
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-- Creates a table `customer`. Assumes current database is `salesdb`.
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CREATE TABLE customer(
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cust_id INT,
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state VARCHAR(20),
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name STRING COMMENT 'Short name'
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)
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USING parquet
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PARTITIONED BY (state);
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INSERT INTO customer PARTITION (state = 'AR') VALUES (100, 'Mike');
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-- Returns basic metadata information for unqualified table `customer`
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DESCRIBE TABLE customer;
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+-----------------------+---------+----------+
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| col_name|data_type| comment|
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+-----------------------+---------+----------+
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| cust_id| int| null|
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| name| string|Short name|
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| state| string| null|
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|# Partition Information| | |
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| # col_name|data_type| comment|
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| state| string| null|
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+-----------------------+---------+----------+
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-- Returns basic metadata information for qualified table `customer`
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DESCRIBE TABLE salesdb.customer;
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+-----------------------+---------+----------+
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| col_name|data_type| comment|
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+-----------------------+---------+----------+
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| cust_id| int| null|
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| name| string|Short name|
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| state| string| null|
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|# Partition Information| | |
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| # col_name|data_type| comment|
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| state| string| null|
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+-----------------------+---------+----------+
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-- Returns additional metadata such as parent database, owner, access time etc.
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DESCRIBE TABLE EXTENDED customer;
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+----------------------------+------------------------------+----------+
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| col_name| data_type| comment|
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+----------------------------+------------------------------+----------+
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| cust_id| int| null|
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| name| string|Short name|
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| state| string| null|
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| # Partition Information| | |
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| # col_name| data_type| comment|
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| state| string| null|
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|# Detailed Table Information| | |
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| Database| default| |
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| Table| customer| |
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| Owner| <TABLE OWNER>| |
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| Created Time| Tue Apr 07 22:56:34 JST 2020| |
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| Last Access| UNKNOWN| |
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| Created By| <SPARK VERSION>| |
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| Type| MANAGED| |
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| Provider| parquet| |
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| Location|file:/tmp/salesdb.db/custom...| |
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| Serde Library|org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.i...| |
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| InputFormat|org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.i...| |
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| OutputFormat|org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.i...| |
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| Partition Provider| Catalog| |
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+----------------------------+------------------------------+----------+
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-- Returns partition metadata such as partitioning column name, column type and comment.
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DESCRIBE TABLE EXTENDED customer PARTITION (state = 'AR');
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+------------------------------+------------------------------+----------+
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| col_name| data_type| comment|
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+------------------------------+------------------------------+----------+
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| cust_id| int| null|
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| name| string|Short name|
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| state| string| null|
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| # Partition Information| | |
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| # col_name| data_type| comment|
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| state| string| null|
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|# Detailed Partition Inform...| | |
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| Database| default| |
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| Table| customer| |
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| Partition Values| [state=AR]| |
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| Location|file:/tmp/salesdb.db/custom...| |
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| Serde Library|org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.i...| |
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| InputFormat|org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.i...| |
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| OutputFormat|org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.i...| |
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| Storage Properties|[serialization.format=1, pa...| |
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| Partition Parameters|{transient_lastDdlTime=1586...| |
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| Created Time| Tue Apr 07 23:05:43 JST 2020| |
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| Last Access| UNKNOWN| |
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| Partition Statistics| 659 bytes| |
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| # Storage Information| | |
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| Location|file:/tmp/salesdb.db/custom...| |
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| Serde Library|org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.i...| |
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| InputFormat|org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.i...| |
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| OutputFormat|org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.i...| |
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+------------------------------+------------------------------+----------+
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-- Returns the metadata for `name` column.
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-- Optional `TABLE` clause is omitted and column is fully qualified.
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DESCRIBE customer salesdb.customer.name;
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+---------+----------+
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|info_name|info_value|
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+---------+----------+
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| col_name| name|
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|data_type| string|
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| comment|Short name|
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+---------+----------+
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```
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### Related Statements
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* [DESCRIBE DATABASE](sql-ref-syntax-aux-describe-database.html)
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* [DESCRIBE QUERY](sql-ref-syntax-aux-describe-query.html)
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* [DESCRIBE FUNCTION](sql-ref-syntax-aux-describe-function.html)
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