How to view tables in a database in MySQL?
There are two ways to view tables in a MySQL database.
- Use the command line tool:
- Open the command line terminal.
- To connect to the MySQL database, use the command: mysql -u username -p password, where username is your username and password is your password.
- Type the command “use database_name” to select the database you want to view, where database_name is the name of the database you want to view.
- To see the tables in the database, enter the following command: show tables;
- The system will display all tables in the database.
- Utilize MySQL client tools such as MySQL Workbench.
- Open the MySQL client tool.
- Connect to the MySQL database.
- Select the database you want to view from the navigation bar on the left.
- All tables from the database will be displayed in the main panel on the right side.