How to Display Tables in MySQL Workbench?

MySQL Workbench is an open-source GUI Tool developed by Oracle to manage MySQL databases in an efficient way. It is mostly used by Database administrators to run different queries and perform basic daily bases configuration tasks. MySQL Workbench supports multiple operating systems such as Windows and Linux. This post will discuss how to display tables in MySQL Workbench.

How to Display Tables in MySQL Workbench?

To display the tables in MySQL Workbench, open the MySQL Workbench application by pressing the “Windows Logo + S” key. Type “MySQL Workbench” and click on the “Open” button:

Click on the already MySQL server containing the database that you want to work on. Type the credentials to open it:

Once you are inside the database, select the “SCHEMAS” tab, to show all the available databases:

Click on the “Arrow” icon to expand the desired “Database”. It will display different options and expand the “Tables”:

The next step is to create a SQL tab to run a query for displaying tables, click on the “Create new SQL tab for executing queries”:

Run these queries to display all the tables available in a Schema:

Provide the name of Schema, for this post name of the database, is “linuxhint”. Click on the “Execute” button:

The output will display the tables:

Conclusion

Open the MySQL Workbench application and log in to the MySQL server containing the desired database. Select the database from the “SCHEMAS” tab and add a query “show tables;”, it is utilized to list all the available non-temporary tables in the database.This guide demonstrated how to display tables in MYSQL Workbench.