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Khurram Faraaz commented on DRILL-7138:
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[~arina] will this also be supported for views ?
> Implement command to describe schema for table
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>
> Key: DRILL-7138
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-7138
> Project: Apache Drill
> Issue Type: Sub-task
> Reporter: Arina Ielchiieva
> Assignee: Arina Ielchiieva
> Priority: Major
> Labels: doc-impacting
> Fix For: 1.16.0
>
>
> As part of schema provisioning project, it will be handy for the user to see
> if table has schema and its content.
> Command syntax:
> *describe schema for table dfs.tmp.`text_table`*
> By default schema will be output in JSON format (format schema is stored in
> .drill.schema file):
> {noformat}
> {
> "table" : "dfs.tmp.`text_table`",
> "schema" : {
> "columns" : [
> {
> "name" : "id",
> "type" : "INT",
> "mode" : "OPTIONAL"
> }
> ]
> },
> "version" : 1
> }
> {noformat}
> JSON format can be indicated explicitly:
> *describe schema for table dfs.tmp.`text_table` as json*
> Other formats:
> STATEMENT - schema will be output in the form of CREATE SCHEMA statement.
> *describe schema for table dfs.tmp.`text_table` as statement*
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