OpenSearch/docs/reference/sql/language/syntax/describe-table.asciidoc
Costin Leau 17c7f99343
SQL: Show/desc commands now support table ids (#33363)
Extend SHOW TABLES, DESCRIBE and SHOW COLUMNS to support table
identifiers not just SQL LIKE pattern.
This allows both Elasticsearch-style multi-index patterns and SQL LIKE.
To disambiguate between the two (as the " vs ' can be easy to miss),
the grammar now requires LIKE keyword as a prefix for all LIKE-like
patterns.

Also added some docs comparing the two types of patterns.

Fix #33294
2018-09-04 16:54:10 +03:00

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[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[sql-syntax-describe-table]]
=== DESCRIBE TABLE
.Synopsis
[source, sql]
----
DESCRIBE [table identifier<1>|[LIKE pattern<2>]]
----
or
[source, sql]
----
DESC [table identifier<1>|[LIKE pattern<2>]]
----
.Description
`DESC` and `DESCRIBE` are aliases to <<sql-syntax-show-columns>>.
["source","sql",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
----
include-tagged::{sql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[describeTable]
----