# SHOW CREATE TABLE `SHOW CREATE TABLE` shows the `CREATE TABLE` statement that creates the named table **Syntax** ```sql SHOW CREATE TABLE table_name; ``` **Example** ```sql show create table t1; ------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Table Create Table ------- --------------------------------------------------------------- t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` varchar, `c2` int, `c3` bigInt, `c4` timestamp, INDEX (KEY=`c1`, TS=`c4`, TTL_TYPE=ABSOLUTE, TTL=0m) ) OPTIONS (PARTITIONNUM=8, REPLICANUM=2, STORAGE_MODE='HDD', COMPRESS_TYPE='NoCompress'); ------- --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 rows in set ```