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SHOW CREATE TABLE

Description

This statement shows the CREATE TABLE statement that creates the named table.

Syntax

> SHOW CREATE TABLE tbl_name

Examples

sql <!-- validator-ignore-exec --> drop table if exists t1; create table t1( col1 int comment 'First column', col2 float comment '"%$^&*()_+@!', col3 varchar comment 'ZD5lTndyuEzw49gxR', col4 bool comment '' ); mysql> show create table t1; +-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Table | Create Table | +-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | t1 | CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `col1` INT DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'First column', `col2` FLOAT DEFAULT NULL COMMENT '"%$^&*()_+@!', `col3` VARCHAR(65535) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'ZD5lTndyuEzw49gxR', `col4` BOOL DEFAULT NULL ) | +-------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)