How to list the tables in a SQLite database file that was opened with ATTACH?

Question

What SQL can be used to list the tables, and the rows within those tables in an SQLite database file - once I have attached it with the

Answer 1

The .tables, and .schema "helper" functions don't look into ATTACHed databases: they just query the SQLITE_MASTER table for the "main" database. Consequently, if you used

ATTACH some_file.db AS my_db;

then you need to do

SELECT name FROM my_db.sqlite_master WHERE type='table';

Note that temporary tables don't show up with .tables either: you have to list sqlite_temp_master for that:

SELECT name FROM sqlite_temp_master WHERE type='table';

Answer 2

Use .help to check for available commands.

.table

This command would show all tables under your current database.

Answer 3

As of the latest versions of SQLite 3 you can issue:

.fullschema

to see all of your create statements.

Answer 4

There are a few steps to see the tables in an SQLite database:

1. List the tables in your database:

   .tables
   

2. List how the table looks:

   .schema tablename
   

3. Print the entire table:

   SELECT * FROM tablename;
   

4. List all of the available SQLite prompt commands:

   .help
   

Answer 5

Via a union all, combine all tables into one list.

select name
from sqlite_master 
where type='table'

union all 

select name 
from sqlite_temp_master 
where type='table'