List tables in a database

To list the tables in a database, use the aws redshift-data list-tables AWS CLI command.

The following AWS CLI command runs a SQL statement against a cluster to list tables in a database. This example uses the AWS Secrets Manager authentication method.

aws redshift-data list-tables 
    --secret arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:123456789012:secret:myuser-secret-hKgPWn 
    --cluster-identifier mycluster-test 
    --database dev 
    --schema information_schema                                                             

The following is an example of the response.

{
    "Tables": [
        {
            "name": "sql_features",
            "schema": "information_schema",
            "type": "SYSTEM TABLE"
        },
        {
            "name": "sql_implementation_info",
            "schema": "information_schema",
            "type": "SYSTEM TABLE"
        }
}

The following AWS CLI command runs a SQL statement against a cluster to list tables in a database. This example uses the temporary credentials authentication method.

aws redshift-data list-tables  

     --db-user myuser 
     --cluster-identifier mycluster-test 
     --database dev 
     --schema information_schema                                                                                         

The following is an example of the response.

{
    "Tables": [
        {
            "name": "sql_features",
            "schema": "information_schema",
            "type": "SYSTEM TABLE"
        },
        {
            "name": "sql_implementation_info",
            "schema": "information_schema",
            "type": "SYSTEM TABLE"
        }
    ]
}