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DESCRIBE VIEW

Shows the list of columns for the specified Athena or Amazon Glue Data Catalog view. Useful for examining the attributes of a complex view.

For Data Catalog views, the output of the statement is controlled by Lake Formation access control and shows only the columns that the caller has access to.

Synopsis

DESCRIBE [db_name.]view_name

Example

DESCRIBE orders

See also SHOW COLUMNS, SHOW CREATE VIEW, SHOW VIEWS, and DROP VIEW.