This does rather suggest that it would be fairly easy to implement a SHOW CREATE TABLE statement. Is that right?
It would be useful if so. James On 9 September 2016 2:43:51 a.m. "dalin.qin" <dalin...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Kumar, I believe right now there is no way to directly generate the DDL statement for the existing table,better to write down you sql immedately after exection (in oracle ,dbms_metadata is so perfect ,in hive show create table also works ) however you can query system.catalog for all the information you need . +------------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------+------------+-------------------+--------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+---------+ | TABLE_CAT | TABLE_SCHEM | TABLE_NAME | COLUMN_NAME | DATA_TYPE | TYPE_NAME | COLUMN_SIZE | BUFFER_LENGTH | DECIMAL_DIGITS | NUM_PREC_RADIX | NULLABLE | REMARKS | COLUMN_DEF | SQL_DATA_TYPE | SQL_DAT | +------------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------+------------+-------------------+--------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+---------+ | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | TENANT_ID | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | TABLE_SCHEM | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | TABLE_NAME | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 0 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | COLUMN_NAME | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | COLUMN_FAMILY | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | TABLE_SEQ_NUM | -5 | BIGINT | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | TABLE_TYPE | 1 | CHAR | 1 | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | PK_NAME | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | COLUMN_COUNT | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | SALT_BUCKETS | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | DATA_TABLE_NAME | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | INDEX_STATE | 1 | CHAR | 1 | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | IMMUTABLE_ROWS | 16 | BOOLEAN | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | VIEW_STATEMENT | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | DEFAULT_COLUMN_FAMILY | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | DISABLE_WAL | 16 | BOOLEAN | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | MULTI_TENANT | 16 | BOOLEAN | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | VIEW_TYPE | -6 | UNSIGNED_TINYINT | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | VIEW_INDEX_ID | 5 | SMALLINT | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | DATA_TYPE | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | COLUMN_SIZE | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | DECIMAL_DIGITS | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | NULLABLE | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | ORDINAL_POSITION | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | SORT_ORDER | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | ARRAY_SIZE | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | VIEW_CONSTANT | -3 | VARBINARY | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | IS_VIEW_REFERENCED | 16 | BOOLEAN | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | KEY_SEQ | 5 | SMALLINT | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | LINK_TYPE | -6 | UNSIGNED_TINYINT | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | TYPE_NAME | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | REMARKS | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | SELF_REFERENCING_COL_NAME | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | REF_GENERATION | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | BUFFER_LENGTH | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | NUM_PREC_RADIX | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | COLUMN_DEF | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | SQL_DATA_TYPE | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | SQL_DATETIME_SUB | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | IS_NULLABLE | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | SCOPE_CATALOG | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | SCOPE_SCHEMA | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | SCOPE_TABLE | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | SOURCE_DATA_TYPE | 5 | SMALLINT | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | IS_AUTOINCREMENT | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | INDEX_TYPE | -6 | UNSIGNED_TINYINT | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | INDEX_DISABLE_TIMESTAMP | -5 | BIGINT | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | STORE_NULLS | 16 | BOOLEAN | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | BASE_COLUMN_COUNT | 4 | INTEGER | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | IS_ROW_TIMESTAMP | 16 | BOOLEAN | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | TRANSACTIONAL | 16 | BOOLEAN | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | UPDATE_CACHE_FREQUENCY | -5 | BIGINT | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | IS_NAMESPACE_MAPPED | 16 | BOOLEAN | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | AUTO_PARTITION_SEQ | 12 | VARCHAR | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | APPEND_ONLY_SCHEMA | 16 | BOOLEAN | null | null | null | null | 1 | | | null | null | +------------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------+------------+-------------------+--------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------+----------+-------------+----------------+---------+ On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Kumar Palaniappan <kpalaniap...@marinsoftware.com<mailto:kpalaniap...@marinsoftware.com>> wrote: It's not about data. Would like to clone just the table structure(s) under the schema partially or entire tables. Kumar Palaniappan<http://about.me/kumar.palaniappan> [X] <https://twitter.com/intent/follow?original_referer=https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons®ion=follow_link&screen_name=megamda&source=followbutton&variant=2.0> [Description: Macintosh HD:Users:Kumarappan:Desktop:linkedin.gif] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kumarpalaniappan> On Sep 8, 2016, at 5:48 PM, dalin.qin <dalin...@gmail.com<mailto:dalin...@gmail.com>> wrote: try this: 0: jdbc:phoenix:namenode:2181:/hbase-unsecure> CREATE TABLE TABLE1 (ID BIGINT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, COL1 VARCHAR); No rows affected (1.287 seconds) 0: jdbc:phoenix:namenode:2181:/hbase-unsecure> UPSERT INTO TABLE1 (ID, COL1) VALUES (1, 'test_row_1'); 1 row affected (0.105 seconds) 0: jdbc:phoenix:namenode:2181:/hbase-unsecure> UPSERT INTO TABLE1 (ID, COL1) VALUES (2, 'test_row_2'); 1 row affected (0.011 seconds) 0: jdbc:phoenix:namenode:2181:/hbase-unsecure> CREATE TABLE TABLE2 (ID BIGINT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, COL1 VARCHAR); No rows affected (1.251 seconds) 0: jdbc:phoenix:namenode:2181:/hbase-unsecure> upsert into table2 select * from table1; 2 rows affected (0.049 seconds) 0: jdbc:phoenix:namenode:2181:/hbase-unsecure> select * from table2; +-----+-------------+ | ID | COL1 | +-----+-------------+ | 1 | test_row_1 | | 2 | test_row_2 | +-----+-------------+ 2 rows selected (0.06 seconds) On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Kumar Palaniappan <kpalaniap...@marinsoftware.com<mailto:kpalaniap...@marinsoftware.com>> wrote: What is an easy solution or is there a solution to clone the table/schema in phoenix? 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