How can I list the tables in a SQLite database file that was opened with ATTACH?
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What SQL can be used to list the tables, and the rows within those tables in an SQLite database file - once I have attached it with the ATTACH
command on the SQLite 3 command line tool?
Sql Solutions
Solution 1 - Sql
There are a few steps to see the tables in an SQLite database:
-
List the tables in your database:
.tables
-
List how the table looks:
.schema tablename
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Print the entire table:
SELECT * FROM tablename;
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List all of the available SQLite prompt commands:
.help
Solution 2 - Sql
The .tables
, and .schema
"helper" functions don't look into ATTACHed databases: they just query the SQLITE_MASTER
table for the "main" database. Consequently, if you used
ATTACH some_file.db AS my_db;
then you need to do
SELECT name FROM my_db.sqlite_master WHERE type='table';
Note that temporary tables don't show up with .tables
either: you have to list sqlite_temp_master
for that:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_temp_master WHERE type='table';
Solution 3 - Sql
It appears you need to go through the sqlite_master table, like this:
SELECT * FROM dbname.sqlite_master WHERE type='table';
And then manually go through each table with a SELECT
or similar to look at the rows.
The .DUMP
and .SCHEMA
commands doesn't appear to see the database at all.
Solution 4 - Sql
To show all tables, use
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = "table"
To show all rows, I guess you can iterate through all tables and just do a SELECT * on each one. But maybe a DUMP is what you're after?
Solution 5 - Sql
Use .help
to check for available commands.
.table
This command would show all tables under your current database.
Solution 6 - Sql
There is a command available for this on the SQLite command line:
.tables ?PATTERN? List names of tables matching a LIKE pattern
Which converts to the following SQL:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master
WHERE type IN ('table','view') AND name NOT LIKE 'sqlite_%'
UNION ALL
SELECT name FROM sqlite_temp_master
WHERE type IN ('table','view')
ORDER BY 1
Solution 7 - Sql
To list the tables you can also do:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master
WHERE type='table';
Solution 8 - Sql
Try PRAGMA table_info(table-name);
http://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#schema
Solution 9 - Sql
I use this query to get it:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table'
And to use in iOS:
NSString *aStrQuery=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table'"];
Solution 10 - Sql
According to the documentation, the equivalent of MySQL's SHOW TABLES;
is:
> The ".tables" command is similar to setting list mode then executing > the following query:
SELECT name FROM sqlite_master
WHERE type IN ('table','view') AND name NOT LIKE 'sqlite_%'
UNION ALL
SELECT name FROM sqlite_temp_master
WHERE type IN ('table','view')
ORDER BY 1;
However, if you are checking if a single table exists (or to get its details), see LuizGeron's answer.
Solution 11 - Sql
As of the latest versions of SQLite 3 you can issue:
.fullschema
to see all of your create statements.
Solution 12 - Sql
The easiest way to do this is to open the database directly and use the .dump
command, rather than attaching it after invoking the SQLite 3 shell tool.
So... (assume your OS command line prompt is $) instead of $sqlite3
:
sqlite3> ATTACH database.sqlite as "attached"
From your OS command line, open the database directly:
$sqlite3 database.sqlite
sqlite3> .dump
Solution 13 - Sql
Via a union all
, combine all tables into one list.
select name
from sqlite_master
where type='table'
union all
select name
from sqlite_temp_master
where type='table'
Solution 14 - Sql
Use:
import sqlite3
TABLE_LIST_QUERY = "SELECT * FROM sqlite_master where type='table'"
Solution 15 - Sql
Since nobody has mentioned about the official reference of SQLite, I think it may be useful to refer to it under this heading:
https://www.sqlite.org/cli.html
You can manipulate your database using the commands described in this link. Besides, if you are using Windows OS and do not know where the command shell is, that is in the SQLite's site:
https://www.sqlite.org/download.html
After downloading it, click sqlite3.exe file to initialize the SQLite command shell. When it is initialized, by default this SQLite session is using an in-memory database, not a file on disk, and so all changes will be lost when the session exits. To use a persistent disk file as the database, enter the ".open ex1.db" command immediately after the terminal window starts up.
The example above causes the database file named "ex1.db" to be opened and used, and created if it does not previously exist. You might want to use a full pathname to ensure that the file is in the directory that you think it is in. Use forward-slashes as the directory separator character. In other words use "c:/work/ex1.db", not "c:\work\ex1.db".
To see all tables in the database you have previously chosen, type the command .tables as it is said in the above link.
If you work in Windows, I think it might be useful to move this sqlite.exe file to same folder with the other Python files. In this way, the Python file writes to and the SQLite shell reads from .db files are in the same path.
Solution 16 - Sql
Use .da to see all databases - one is called 'main'.
Tables of this database can be seen by:
SELECT distinct tbl_name from sqlite_master order by 1;
The attached databases need prefixes you chose with AS in the statement ATTACH, e.g., aa (, bb, cc...) so:
SELECT distinct tbl_name from **aa.sqlite_master** order by 1;
Note that here you get the views as well. To exclude these add:
where type = 'table'
before ' order'
Solution 17 - Sql
The ".schema" commando will list available tables and their rows, by showing you the statement used to create said tables:
sqlite> create table_a (id int, a int, b int); sqlite> .schema table_a CREATE TABLE table_a (id int, a int, b int);