{"id":7079,"date":"2024-03-14T05:03:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T05:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-view-the-primary-key-of-a-clickhouse-table\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T11:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T11:45:58","slug":"how-to-view-the-primary-key-of-a-clickhouse-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-view-the-primary-key-of-a-clickhouse-table\/","title":{"rendered":"ClickHouse Primary Key: Quick View Method"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In ClickHouse, to view the primary key of a table, you can use the following query to obtain the table&#8217;s structure information, including the primary key column:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code class=\"lang-sql\">DESCRIBE TABLE table_name;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Replace the table_name in the above query with the actual table name you want to view, and then execute the query. 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