Generate CREATE statements for all MySql Tables

Question

I want All CREATE statements of MySql Tables in 1 query result.

For example, INFORMATION_SCHEMA contains all table names,comments etc. but where are the CREATE statements are stored in MySql ? can it be retrieved in one query for all tables ?

Currently i am retrieving TABLE ddl as below for 1 table. I have 100's of tables so i can repeat the same everytime which is time taking process

show create table row_format;

Answer 1

mysqldump -h localhost -u root -p --no-data --compact  some_db


mysqldump -d --compact --compatible=mysql323 ${dbname}|egrep -v "(^SET|^/\*\!)"

How do I use mysqldump to export only the CREATE TABLE commands

Answer 2

I needed this today, and the mysqldump answer generated me a .sql file that I could not import: it declared full CREATE TABLE statements with foreign keys pointing to tables it had not declared yet.

Instead, I used Liquibase:

1. Download MySQL Connector/J (pick Platform Independent): https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

2. From the directory where you downloaded the connector jar, create a liquibase.properties file and edit it like so:

outputDefaultSchema=true
includeSchema=true
driver=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/replace_with_your_db
username=replace with your MySQL user
password=replace with your MySQL password
classpath=full path of the MySQL connector, for instance C:\mysql-connector-java-8.0.21.jar

3. Install Liquibase then run:

liquibase --changeLogFile=schema.mysql.sql generateChangeLog

This will generate SQL commands for your schema, all in the right order.

For instance:

CREATE TABLE address (id BIGINT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, line VARCHAR(128) NULL, owner_id BIGINT NOT NULL);
CREATE TABLE person (id BIGINT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, name VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL);
ALTER TABLE address ADD CONSTRAINT fk_address_person FOREIGN KEY (owner_id) REFERENCES person (id) ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT;

Answer 3

Someone just showed me an easier way.

1. Highlight all the tables
2. Right click.
3. Select 'Copy to Clipboard' and then 'Create statements'.
4. Go to a text editor and paste and everything is there.

Answer 4

1. Select the Database required
2. Select the tables (Check all for all tables) you want to SHOW CREATE TABLE
3. Click on dropdown With Selected: and select Show create