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

Shortcut

\d for show all tables

\d tablename to describe table

\? for more shortcuts for redshift

Answer 2

You can simply use the command below to describe a table.

desc table-name

or

desc schema-name.table-name

Answer 3

All the information can be found in a PG_TABLE_DEF table, documentation.

Listing all tables in a public schema (default) - show tables equivalent:

SELECT DISTINCT tablename
FROM pg_table_def
WHERE schemaname = 'public'
ORDER BY tablename;

Description of all the columns from a table called table_name - describe table equivalent:

SELECT *
FROM pg_table_def
WHERE tablename = 'table_name'
AND schemaname = 'public';

Answer 4

I had to select from the information schema to get details of my tables and columns; in case it helps anyone:

SELECT * FROM information_schema.tables
WHERE table_schema = 'myschema'; 

SELECT * FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE table_schema = 'myschema' AND table_name = 'mytable'; 

Answer 5

Or simply:

\dt to show tables

\d+ <table name> to describe a table

Edit: Works using the psql command line client

Answer 6

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