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#<code>>SHOW DATABASES;</code> List all databases;
#<code>>SHOW DATABASES;</code> List all databases;
#<code>>USE <database>;</code> Use a particular database, eg: <code>>USE bplan;</code>;
#<code>>USE <database>;</code> Use a particular database, eg: <code>>USE bplan;</code>
#<code>>SHOW TABLES;</code> List all tables in a database (after using USE);
#<code>>SHOW TABLES;</code> List all tables in a database (after using USE);
#<code>>DESCRIBE <table name>;</code> Prints the structure of a table, eg: <code>DESCRIBE tbl_entity;</code>;
#<code>>DESCRIBE <name of table>;</code> Prints the structure of a table, eg: <code>DESCRIBE tbl_entity;</code>

Revision as of 17:20, 7 July 2020

This page contains some helpful commands to use at the MariaDB CLI.

  1. >SHOW DATABASES; List all databases;
  2. >USE <database>; Use a particular database, eg: >USE bplan;
  3. >SHOW TABLES; List all tables in a database (after using USE);
  4. >DESCRIBE <name of table>; Prints the structure of a table, eg: DESCRIBE tbl_entity;