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Co-authored-by: Anna Devyatova <annadevyatova@yandex-team.ru>
Co-authored-by: Sergei Shtykov <bayonet@yandex-team.ru>
Co-authored-by: alexey-milovidov <milovidov@yandex-team.ru>
2020-08-06 11:50:29 +03:00

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# system.columns {#system-columns}
Contains information about columns in all the tables.
You can use this table to get information similar to the [DESCRIBE TABLE](../../sql-reference/statements/misc.md#misc-describe-table) query, but for multiple tables at once.
The `system.columns` table contains the following columns (the column type is shown in brackets):
- `database` (String) — Database name.
- `table` (String) — Table name.
- `name` (String) — Column name.
- `type` (String) — Column type.
- `default_kind` (String) — Expression type (`DEFAULT`, `MATERIALIZED`, `ALIAS`) for the default value, or an empty string if it is not defined.
- `default_expression` (String) — Expression for the default value, or an empty string if it is not defined.
- `data_compressed_bytes` (UInt64) — The size of compressed data, in bytes.
- `data_uncompressed_bytes` (UInt64) — The size of decompressed data, in bytes.
- `marks_bytes` (UInt64) — The size of marks, in bytes.
- `comment` (String) — Comment on the column, or an empty string if it is not defined.
- `is_in_partition_key` (UInt8) — Flag that indicates whether the column is in the partition expression.
- `is_in_sorting_key` (UInt8) — Flag that indicates whether the column is in the sorting key expression.
- `is_in_primary_key` (UInt8) — Flag that indicates whether the column is in the primary key expression.
- `is_in_sampling_key` (UInt8) — Flag that indicates whether the column is in the sampling key expression.
[Original article](https://clickhouse.tech/docs/en/operations/system_tables/columns) <!--hide-->