DESCRIBE

DESCRIBE is an alias for the SHOW COLUMNS command. The output is the same as shown in SHOW COLUMNS command description.

Synopsis

DESCRIBE [schema.]table_name

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DESCRIBE error in Superset

DESCRIBE is supported in command line SQL queries. In Superset, the command displays the error: Only SELECT statements are allowed against this database. This is a known issue for Superset implementations where the DML operations are disabled.

Examples

describe "x-elb-view"

Column       Type     Extra      Comment
_id          double
timestamp    timestamp
elb          varchar
client_ip    varchar
client_port  double
backend_ip   varchar
backend_port varchar
request_proc_time double
...