SHOW CREATE VIEW

Grammar Description

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

Grammar Structure

> SHOW CREATE VIEW view_name

Example

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)