spark-instrumented-optimizer/docs/sql-ref-syntax-aux-show-create-table.md
Huaxin Gao babefdee1c [SPARK-30085][SQL][DOC] Standardize sql reference
### What changes were proposed in this pull request?
Standardize sql reference

### Why are the changes needed?
To have consistent docs

### Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
Yes

### How was this patch tested?
Tested using jykyll build --serve

Closes #26721 from huaxingao/spark-30085.

Authored-by: Huaxin Gao <huaxing@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Owen <sean.owen@databricks.com>
2019-12-02 09:05:40 -06:00

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Description

SHOW CREATE TABLE returns the CREATE TABLE statement or CREATE VIEW statement that was used to create a given table or view. SHOW CREATE TABLE on a non-existent table or a temporary view throws an exception.

Syntax

{% highlight sql %} SHOW CREATE TABLE table_identifier {% endhighlight %}

Parameters

table_identifier
Specifies a table or view name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.

Syntax: [ database_name. ] table_name

Examples

{% highlight sql %} CREATE TABLE test (c INT) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' STORED AS TEXTFILE TBLPROPERTIES ('prop1' = 'value1', 'prop2' = 'value2');

show create table test;

-- the result of SHOW CREATE TABLE test CREATE TABLE test(c INT) ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe' WITH SERDEPROPERTIES ( 'field.delim' = ',', 'serialization.format' = ',' ) STORED AS INPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat' OUTPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat' TBLPROPERTIES ( 'transient_lastDdlTime' = '1569350233', 'prop1' = 'value1', 'prop2' = 'value2' )

{% endhighlight %}