SHOW CONNECTIONS

Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime 13.3 LTS and above

Lists all the connections in the system.

Syntax 

SHOW CONNECTIONS

You can also use SERVERS instead of CONNECTIONS.

Parameters

None

Returns

A result set of connections with the following columns:

  • name            STRING NOT NULL: names of connections in the metastore.

  • connection_type STRING NOT NULL: The type of the connection. For example: postgresql.

  • created_at      STRING NOT NULL: The timestamp when the connection was created, in ISO 8601 format.

  • created_by      STRING NOT NULL: The principal who created the connection.

  • comment         STRING         : An optional user specified comment on a connection.

Examples 

> SHOW CONNECTIONS;
 name                connection_type created_at                   created_by    comment
 ------------------- --------------- ---------------------------- ------------- ---------------------
 mysql_connection    mysql           2022-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000 alf@melmak.et mysql connection
 postgres_connection postgresql      2022-06-12T13:30:00.000+0000 alf@melmak.et postgresql connection