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DESCRIBE

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The parent of this page is: SQL Statements for MariaDB Enterprise Server

Topics on this page:

Overview
USAGE
DETAILS
- SYNONYMS
- SCHEMA
- PARAMETERS
- SKYSQL
- PRIVILEGES
EXAMPLES
ERROR HANDLING
FEATURE INTERACTION
RESPONSES
DIAGNOSIS
ISO 9075:2016
CHANGE HISTORY
RELATED TOPICS
EXTERNAL REFERENCES

Overview

Provides the table specification.

See also: SQL Statements for MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6, in 10.5 ES, in 10.4 ES, in 10.3 ES, in 10.2 ES, in 10.6 CS, in 10.5 CS, in 10.4 CS, in 10.3 CS, and in 10.2 CS

See also: SQL Statements for MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6, in 10.5 ES, and in 10.4 ES

USAGE

DETAILS

SYNONYMS

The following are synonyms for DESCRIBE:

DESC

EXPLAIN

SCHEMA

PARAMETERS

SKYSQL

PRIVILEGES

EXAMPLES

ERROR HANDLING

FEATURE INTERACTION

RESPONSES

DIAGNOSIS

ISO 9075:2016

CHANGE HISTORY

Release Series	History
10.6 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6.4-1.
10.6 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.6.0.
10.5 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5.3-1.
10.5 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.5.0.
10.4 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1.
10.4 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.4.0.
10.3 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.3.16-1.
10.3 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.3.0.
10.2 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.2.25-1.
10.2 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.2.0.

Release Series	History
10.6 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6.4-1.
10.5 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5.3-1.
10.4 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1.

RELATED TOPICS

EXTERNAL REFERENCES

Additional information on this topic may be found in the MariaDB Public Knowledge Base.