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

In the following post, I documented queries to retrieve TABLE and COLUMN comments from Redshift. https://sqlsylvia.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/redshift-comment-views-documenting-data/

Enjoy!

Table Comments

    SELECT n.nspname AS schema_name
     , pg_get_userbyid(c.relowner) AS table_owner
     , c.relname AS table_name
     , CASE WHEN c.relkind = 'v' THEN 'view' ELSE 'table' END 
       AS table_type
     , d.description AS table_description
     FROM pg_class As c
     LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace
     LEFT JOIN pg_tablespace t ON t.oid = c.reltablespace
     LEFT JOIN pg_description As d 
          ON (d.objoid = c.oid AND d.objsubid = 0)
     WHERE c.relkind IN('r', 'v') AND d.description > ''
     ORDER BY n.nspname, c.relname ;

Column Comments

    SELECT n.nspname AS schema_name
     , pg_get_userbyid(c.relowner) AS table_owner
     , c.relname AS table_name
     , a.attname AS column_name
     , d.description AS column_description
    FROM pg_class AS c
    INNER JOIN pg_attribute As a ON c.oid = a.attrelid
    INNER JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace
    LEFT JOIN pg_tablespace t ON t.oid = c.reltablespace
    LEFT JOIN pg_description As d 
     ON (d.objoid = c.oid AND d.objsubid = a.attnum)
    WHERE c.relkind IN('r', 'v')
     AND a.attname NOT         
     IN ('cmax', 'oid', 'cmin', 'deletexid', 'ctid', 'tableoid','xmax', 'xmin', 'insertxid')
    ORDER BY n.nspname, c.relname, a.attname;

Answer 2

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.