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Synopsis.
DescriptionList the tables available to the current user and their type.
SHOW TABLES;
name | type
---------------+---------------
emp |BASE TABLE
employees |ALIAS
library |BASE TABLE
The LIKE clause can be used to restrict the list of names to the given pattern.
The pattern can be an exact match:
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'emp';
name | type
---------------+---------------
emp |BASE TABLE
Multiple chars:
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'emp%';
name | type
---------------+---------------
emp |BASE TABLE
employees |ALIAS
A single char:
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'em_';
name | type
---------------+---------------
emp |BASE TABLE
Or a mixture of single and multiple chars:
SHOW TABLES LIKE '%em_';
name | type
---------------+---------------
emp |BASE TABLE