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[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[sql-syntax-show-tables]]
=== SHOW TABLES
.Synopsis:
[source, sql]
----
SHOW TABLES
[INCLUDE FROZEN]? <1>
[table identifier | <2>
[LIKE pattern ]]? <3>
----
<1> Whether or not to include frozen indices
<2> single table identifier or double quoted es multi index
<3> SQL LIKE pattern
See <<sql-index-patterns, index patterns>> for more information about
patterns.
*Description*: List the tables available to the current user and their type.
[source, sql]
----
include-tagged::{sql-specs}/docs/docs.csv-spec[showTables]
----
Match multiple indices by using {es} <<api-multi-index,multi-target syntax>>
notation:
[source, sql]
----
include-tagged::{sql-specs}/docs/docs.csv-spec[showTablesEsMultiIndex]
----
One can also use the `LIKE` clause to restrict the list of names to the given pattern.
The pattern can be an exact match:
[source, sql]
----
include-tagged::{sql-specs}/docs/docs.csv-spec[showTablesLikeExact]
----
Multiple chars:
[source, sql]
----
include-tagged::{sql-specs}/docs/docs.csv-spec[showTablesLikeWildcard]
----
A single char:
[source, sql]
----
include-tagged::{sql-specs}/docs/docs.csv-spec[showTablesLikeOneChar]
----
Or a mixture of single and multiple chars:
[source, sql]
----
include-tagged::{sql-specs}/docs/docs.csv-spec[showTablesLikeMixed]
----