Find tables with specific word in name in Redshift

  • 3rd December, 2018

Query below finds tables with word 'rental' in the name.

Query

select table_schema,
       table_name
from information_schema.tables
where table_name like '%rental%'
      and table_schema not in ('information_schema', 'pg_catalog')
      and table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
order by table_schema,
         table_name;

Columns

  • table_schema - name of schema table was found in
  • table_name - name of found table

Rows

  • One row represents a table
  • Scope of rows: all found tables
  • Ordered by table schema, table name

Sample results