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Explore your schema with SQL

When working with the InfluxDB SQL implementation, a bucket is equivalent to a database, a measurement is structured as a table, and time, fields, and tags are structured as columns.

List measurements in a bucket

Use SHOW TABLES to list measurements in your InfluxDB bucket.

SHOW TABLES

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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.

SHOW COLUMNS IN home

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The future of Flux

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 Open Source Now in Public Alpha

InfluxDB 3 Open Source is now available for alpha testing, licensed under MIT or Apache 2 licensing.

We are releasing two products as part of the alpha.

InfluxDB 3 Core, is our new open source product. It is a recent-data engine for time series and event data. InfluxDB 3 Enterprise is a commercial version that builds on Core’s foundation, adding historical query capability, read replicas, high availability, scalability, and fine-grained security.

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