# How to get DB table names

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-db-table-names/113372>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 30, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-db-table-names/113372 "2007-08-30T13:44:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![peter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@peter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peter)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-db-table-names/113372/1 "2007-08-30T13:44:14Z")

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Hi,  
Does anybody know how to get table names from MySql DB?

Thank you for answer

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**Author:** ![peter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@peter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peter)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-db-table-names/113372/2 "2007-08-30T14:10:16Z")

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On Aug 30, 2007, at 1:43 PM, peter wrote:

> Does anybody know how to get table names from MySql DB?

SHOW TABLES?

[http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/show-tables.html](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/show-tables.html)

Regards,

Sjoerd.