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Madhudeep Petwal commented on HIVE-18373:
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Ok I looked up Hive.g grammar file. It looks like hive supports both
{code:java}
hive> show tables '*abc*';{code}
{code:java}
hive> show tables like '*abc*';{code}
as we can see grammar rule for show tables
{code:java}
KW_SHOW KW_TABLES ((KW_FROM|KW_IN) db_name=identifier)? (KW_LIKE
showStmtIdentifier|showStmtIdentifier)? -> ^(TOK_SHOWTABLES (TOK_FROM
$db_name)? showStmtIdentifier?){code}
I will keep the syntax similar to show tables then.
This is my proposed grammar rule for show columns. Please review [~thejas]
{code:java}
KW_SHOW KW_COLUMNS (KW_FROM|KW_IN) tableName ((KW_FROM|KW_IN)
db_name=identifier)? (KW_LIKE showStmtIdentifier|showStmtIdentifier)?
-> ^(TOK_SHOWCOLUMNS tableName $db_name? showStmtIdentifier?){code}
> Make it easier to search for column name in a table
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: HIVE-18373
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-18373
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: Siddhant Saraf
> Assignee: Madhudeep Petwal
> Priority: Minor
>
> Within a database, to filter for tables with the string 'abc' in its name, I
> can use something like:
> {code:java}
> hive> use my_database;
> hive> show tables '*abc*';
> {code}
> It would be great if I can do something similar to search within the list of
> columns in a table.
> I have a table with around 3200 columns. Searching for the column of interest
> is an onerous task after doing a {{describe}} on it.
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