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

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SHOW CREATE SOURCE returns the DDL statement used to create the source.

Syntax

SHOW [REDACTED] CREATE SOURCE <source_name>

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For available source names, see SHOW SOURCES.

Examples

SHOW CREATE SOURCE market_orders_raw;

                 name                 |                                      create_sql
--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 materialize.public.market_orders_raw | CREATE SOURCE "materialize"."public"."market_orders_raw" IN CLUSTER "c" FROM LOAD GENERATOR COUNTER

Privileges

The privileges required to execute this statement are:

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Related pages

• SHOW SOURCES
• CREATE SOURCE