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SHOW CREATE VIEW

Description

This statement shows the CREATE VIEW statement that creates the named view.

Syntax

> SHOW CREATE VIEW view_name

Examples

create table test_table(col1 int, col2 float, col3 bool, col4 Date, col5 varchar(255), col6 text);
create view test_view as select * from test_table;
mysql> show create view test_view;
+-----------+---------------------------------------------------+
| View      | Create View                                       |
+-----------+---------------------------------------------------+
| test_view | create view test_view as select * from test_table |
+-----------+---------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)