Execute the DESCRIBE statement to query information about tables - Tablestore

You can execute the DESCRIBE statement to query the information about a table, such as the field name and field type.

Syntax

DESCRIBE table_name;

Parameter	Required	Description
table_name	Yes	The name of the table.

Query the information about a table named exampletable.

DESCRIBE exampletable;

The following figure shows an example of the query result.

You can execute the SELECT statement to query data based on the fields. For more information, see Query data.
To update the attribute column of the mapping table after the attribute column of the data table is changed, execute the ALTER TABLE statement. For more information, see Update attribute columns of mapping tables.