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InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated

Explore your schema with SQL

When working with the InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated SQL implementation

a measurement is equivalent to a table, and time, fields, and tags are structured as columns.

List measurements in a database

Use SHOW TABLES to list measurements in your InfluxDB database.

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List columns in a measurement

Use the SHOW COLUMNS statement to view what columns are in a measurement. Use the IN clause to specify the measurement.

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Flux is going into maintenance mode. You can continue using it as you currently are without any changes to your code.

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InfluxDB 3 Core and Enterprise are now in Beta

InfluxDB 3 Core and Enterprise are now available for beta testing, available under MIT or Apache 2 license.

InfluxDB 3 Core is a high-speed, recent-data engine that collects and processes data in real-time, while persisting it to local disk or object storage. InfluxDB 3 Enterprise is a commercial product that builds on Core’s foundation, adding high availability, read replicas, enhanced security, and data compaction for faster queries. A free tier of InfluxDB 3 Enterprise will also be available for at-home, non-commercial use for hobbyists to get the full historical time series database set of capabilities.

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