{"id":10355,"date":"2024-03-14T11:56:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-querying-the-structure-of-a-table-in-db2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T22:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T22:30:12","slug":"what-is-the-method-for-querying-the-structure-of-a-table-in-db2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-querying-the-structure-of-a-table-in-db2\/","title":{"rendered":"DB2 Table Structure: Query Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To query the table structure, you can use the following command:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use the DESCRIBE command.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DESCRIBE<\/span> table_name;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>The command to describe a table<br \/>\n(describe table command)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DESCRIBE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TABLE<\/span> table_name;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Query the system tables using the SELECT command.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">*<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> SYSIBM.SYSCOLUMNS <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">WHERE<\/span> TBNAME <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'table_name'<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>These are some commonly used methods for querying table structure information. 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