Show tables, describe tables equivalent in redshift

Question

I\'m new to aws, can anyone tell me what are redshifts\' equivalents to mysql commands?

show tables -- redshift command
describe table_name -- redshift command
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Answer 1

Tomasz Tybulewicz answer is good way to go.

SELECT * FROM pg_table_def WHERE tablename = 'YOUR_TABLE_NAME' AND schemaname = 'YOUR_SCHEMA_NAME';

If schema name is not defined in search path , that query will show empty result. Please first check search path by below code.

SHOW SEARCH_PATH

If schema name is not defined in search path , you can reset search path.

SET SEARCH_PATH to '$user', public, YOUR_SCEHMA_NAME