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

.Synopsis
[source, sql]
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SHOW COLUMNS [ FROM | IN ] ? table 
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.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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