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

You can use - desc / to see the view/table definition in Redshift. I have been using Workbench/J as a SQL client for Redshift and it gives the definition in the Messages tab adjacent to Result tab.