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DESCRIBE TABLE
editDESCRIBE TABLE
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Synopsis.
or
DescriptionDESC
and DESCRIBE
are aliases to SHOW COLUMNS.
DESCRIBE emp; column | type | mapping --------------------+---------------+--------------- birth_date |TIMESTAMP |DATE dep |STRUCT |NESTED dep.dep_id |VARCHAR |KEYWORD dep.dep_name |VARCHAR |TEXT dep.dep_name.keyword|VARCHAR |KEYWORD dep.from_date |TIMESTAMP |DATE dep.to_date |TIMESTAMP |DATE emp_no |INTEGER |INTEGER first_name |VARCHAR |TEXT first_name.keyword |VARCHAR |KEYWORD gender |VARCHAR |KEYWORD hire_date |TIMESTAMP |DATE languages |TINYINT |BYTE last_name |VARCHAR |TEXT last_name.keyword |VARCHAR |KEYWORD salary |INTEGER |INTEGER