Show databases command

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Many a times you face a situation where you need to list down all the available databases.

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MySQL provides a convenient way to list down all the databases using SHOW DATABASES command where as there is no particular command in MS SQL Server to show or list the databases but, you can use the SELECT...FROM command as a work around list down available databases.

List Databases using SQL

The SQL SHOW DATABASES statement is used to list down all the available databases in MySQL database.

You can use SHOW SCHEMAS as an alternate command for SHOW DATABASES.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of SQL SHOW DATABASES to list down all the available databases in MySQL −

SHOW DATABASES [LIKE 'pattern' | WHERE expr] ;

We can use LIKE or WHERE clause along with SHOW DATABASES to filter out a list of databases.

Example

Following is an example to list down all the available databases.

SHOW DATABASES;

The output will be displayed as follows.

This output depends on the number of databases available in the system −