[role="xpack"] [testenv="basic"] [[sql-syntax-show-columns]] === SHOW COLUMNS .Synopsis: [source, sql] ---- SHOW COLUMNS [ FROM | IN ]? [table identifier | <1> [LIKE pattern] ] <2> ---- <1> single table identifier or double quoted es multi index <2> SQL LIKE pattern See <> for more information about patterns. *Description*: List the columns in table and their data type (and other attributes). [source, sql] ---- include-tagged::{sql-specs}/docs/docs.csv-spec[showColumns] ----