[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[sql-syntax-show-columns]]
=== SHOW COLUMNS

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.Synopsis
[source, sql]
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SHOW COLUMNS [ FROM | IN ]? [ table identifier<1> | [ LIKE pattern<2> ] ]
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<1> single table identifier or double quoted es multi index
<2> SQL LIKE pattern

See <<sql-index-patterns, index patterns>> for more information about
patterns.

.Description

List the columns in table and their data type (and other attributes).

["source","sql",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{sql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[showColumns]
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