shivusondur commented on a change in pull request #25561:
[SPARK-28810][DOC][SQL] Document SHOW TABLES in SQL Reference.
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/25561#discussion_r326881634
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File path: docs/sql-ref-syntax-aux-show-tables.md
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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
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+### Description
-**This page is under construction**
+List all the `tables` from the database with `database-name` and `is temporary
table`.
+
+### Syntax
+{% highlight sql %}
+SHOW TABLES [{FROM|IN} database_name] [LIKE 'regex_pattern']
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Parameters
+<dl>
+ <dt><code><em>{FROM|IN} database_name</em></code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ Specifies the `database` name from which tables are listed.
+ </dd>
+ <dt><code><em>LIKE 'regex_pattern'</em></code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ Specifies the regex pattern that is used to filter out unwanted tables.
+ <br> - Only `*` and `|` are allowed as wildcard pattern.
+ <br> - Excluding `*` and `|` the remaining pattern follows the regex
semantics.
+ <br> - The leading and trailing blanks are trimmed in the input pattern
before processing.
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
+### Example
+{% highlight sql %}
+-- List all tables in default database
+SHOW TABLES;
+ +-----------+------------+--------------+--+
Review comment:
@dilipbiswal
I just Copy and paste the actual output from the Beeline console
Here is the beeline console snap
In the UI it looks like below, i think it is normal
Only in the git file editor, it shows inconsistent.
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