How to determine what an existing table's column delimiter is in MySQL

Question

I am working with an existing table in MySQL but I need to know how it was set up. I need to find the FIELDS TERMINATED BY setting so I can set up my Impala database accordingly.

Answer 1

use :

SHOW CREATE TABLE mytablename;

Or look in the information_schema in the Table TABLES are all informations if you want you build a complex Query.

SELECT * 
FROM information_schema.tables
  WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA ='your_schema' 
  AND TABLE_NAME='your Table' 
  AND TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE;