It can be done with the SHOW FULL TABLES statement. Its Syntax would be as follows −
Syntax
SHOW FULL TABLES IN db_name
Here db_name is the name of the database from which we want to see the list of tables.
Example
We are currently using the database named ‘query’ and the MySQL query below will show us the list of tables along with table type from the database named mysql.
mysql> SHOW FULL TABLES IN mysql; +---------------------------+------------+ | Tables_in_mysql | Table_type | +---------------------------+------------+ | arena | BASE TABLE | | arena1 | BASE TABLE | | columns_priv | BASE TABLE | | dates | VIEW | | dates1 | VIEW | | db | BASE TABLE | | digits | VIEW | | engine_cost | BASE TABLE | | event | BASE TABLE | | func | BASE TABLE | | general_log | BASE TABLE | | gtid_executed | BASE TABLE | | help_category | BASE TABLE | | help_keyword | BASE TABLE | | help_relation | BASE TABLE | | help_topic | BASE TABLE | | innodb_index_stats | BASE TABLE | | innodb_table_stats | BASE TABLE | | ndb_binlog_index | BASE TABLE | | numbers | VIEW | | plugin | BASE TABLE | | proc | BASE TABLE | | procs_priv | BASE TABLE | | proxies_priv | BASE TABLE | | server_cost | BASE TABLE | | servers | BASE TABLE | | slave_master_info | BASE TABLE | | slave_relay_log_info | BASE TABLE | | slave_worker_info | BASE TABLE | | slow_log | BASE TABLE | | tables_priv | BASE TABLE | | test_date | BASE TABLE | | time_zone | BASE TABLE | | time_zone_leap_second | BASE TABLE | | time_zone_name | BASE TABLE | | time_zone_transition | BASE TABLE | | time_zone_transition_type | BASE TABLE | | user | BASE TABLE | +---------------------------+------------+ 38 rows in set (0.01 sec)