Materialize/doc/user/content/sql/show-create-sink.md

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title: "SHOW CREATE SINK" description: "SHOW CREATE SINK returns the statement used to create the sink." menu: main:

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SHOW CREATE SINK returns the DDL statement used to create the sink.

Syntax

SHOW [REDACTED] CREATE SINK <sink_name>

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For available sink names, see SHOW SINKS.

Examples

SHOW SINKS

     name
--------------
 my_view_sink

SHOW CREATE SINK my_view_sink;

               name              |                                                                                                        create_sql
---------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 materialize.public.my_view_sink | CREATE SINK "materialize"."public"."my_view_sink" IN CLUSTER "c" FROM "materialize"."public"."my_view" INTO KAFKA CONNECTION "materialize"."public"."kafka_conn" (TOPIC 'my_view_sink') FORMAT AVRO USING CONFLUENT SCHEMA REGISTRY CONNECTION csr_connection ENVELOPE DEBEZIUM

Privileges

The privileges required to execute this statement are:

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Related pages

• SHOW SINKS
• CREATE SINK