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List Tables

The SHOW TABLES command can be used to obtain a list of all tables within the selected schema.

CREATE TABLE tbl (i INTEGER);
SHOW TABLES;
name
tbl

SHOW or SHOW ALL TABLES can be used to obtain a list of all tables within all attached databases and schemas.

CREATE TABLE tbl (i INTEGER);
CREATE SCHEMA s1;
CREATE TABLE s1.tbl (v VARCHAR);
SHOW ALL TABLES;
databaseschematable_namecolumn_namescolumn_typestemporary
memorymaintbl[i][INTEGER]false
memorys1tbl[v][VARCHAR]false

SHOW TABLES FROM db can be used to list all tables in a given database or schema.

ATTACH 'db.db';
CREATE TABLE db.main_tbl (u VARCHAR);
CREATE SCHEMA db.s1;
CREATE TABLE db.s1.schema_tbl (v VARCHAR);
SHOW TABLES FROM db;
name
main_tbl
schema_tbl

Or a specific schema.

SHOW TABLES FROM db.s1;
name
schema_tbl

To view the schema of an individual table, use the DESCRIBE command.

See Also

The SQL-standard information_schema views are also defined. Moreover, Goose defines sqlite_master and many PostgreSQL system catalog tables for compatibility with SQLite and PostgreSQL respectively.