---
name: "ndb_show_tables"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mysql-server-5.0"
version: "5.0.51a-24+lenny5"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ndb_show_tables"
---

# ndb\_show\_tables(1)

display list of NDB tables

## NAME

ndb\_show\_tables - display list of NDB tables

## SYNOPSIS

**ndb\_show\_tables \[***options***\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**ndb\_show\_tables** displays a list of all NDB database objects in the cluster. By default, this includes not only both user-created tables and NDB system tables, but NDB-specific indexes, and internal triggers, as well.

**Usage**:

```
ndb_show_tables [-c connect_string]
```

**Additional Options**:

- •

  **--loops**, **-l**

  Specifies the number of times the utility should execute. This is 1 when this option is not specified, but if you do use the option, you must supply an integer argument for it.

- •

  **--parsable**, **-p**

  Using this option causes the output to be in a format suitable for use with LOAD DATA INFILE.

- •

  **--type**, **-t**

  Can be used to restrict the output to one type of object, specified by an integer type code as shown here:

  - •

    **1**: System table

  - •

    **2**: User-created table

  - •

    **3**: Unique hash index

-

  Any other value causes all NDB database objects to be listed (the default).

- •

  **--unqualified**, **-u**

  If specified, this causes unqualified object names to be displayed.

  **Note**

Only user-created Cluster tables may be accessed from MySQL; system tables such as SYSTAB\_0 are not visible to **mysqld**. However, you can examine the contents of system tables using NDB API applications such as **ndb\_select\_all** (see [**ndb\_select\_all**(1)](/ndb_select_all/1.md)).

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB

This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

## SEE ALSO

For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which may already be installed locally and which is also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

## AUTHOR

MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).