View Tables in Hive: Quick Guide

To view tables in the Hive database, you can use the following command:

1. Open the Hive terminal:

hive

1. Check all the tables in the current database.

show tables;

1. Switch to the specified database and view all the tables in that database.

use <database_name>;
show tables;

1. View the structure information of the specified table.

describe <table_name>;

With the above command, you can easily view information about tables in the Hive database.