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DESCRIBE DATABASE

DESCRIBE DATABASE

An alias for DESCRIBE SCHEMA.

While usage of SCHEMA and DATABASE is interchangeable, SCHEMA is preferred.

Related articles

DESCRIBE CATALOG
DESCRIBE FUNCTION
DESCRIBE QUERY
DESCRIBE SCHEMA
DESCRIBE TABLE
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA

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