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- ALTER SCHEMA
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- DESCRIBE DESCRIBE
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  - DESCRIBE
    Synopsis
    
    Description
- DESCRIBE INPUT
- DESCRIBE OUTPUT
- DROP ROLE
- DROP SCHEMA
- DROP TABLE
- DROP VIEW
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- EXPLAIN ANALYZE
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- GRANT ROLES
- INSERT
- PREPARE
- RESET SESSION
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- REVOKE ROLES
- ROLLBACK
- SELECT
- MATCH_RECOGNIZE
- SET ROLE
- SET SESSION
- SET TIME ZONE
- SHOW CATALOGS
- SHOW COLUMNS
- SHOW CREATE SCHEMA
- SHOW CREATE TABLE
- SHOW CREATE VIEW
- SHOW FUNCTIONS
- SHOW GRANTS
- SHOW ROLE GRANTS
- SHOW ROLES
- SHOW SCHEMAS
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- SHOW TABLES
- START TRANSACTION
- UPDATE
- USE
- VALUES
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Contents

DESCRIBE
- Synopsis
- Description

DESCRIBE#

Synopsis#

DESCRIBE table_name

Description#

DESCRIBE is an alias for SHOW COLUMNS.

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