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Show details and collation settings of a Cloud SQL database

command

gcloud sql databases describe DB_NAME --instance INSTANCE

also accepted

gcloud sql databases describe

Command breakdown

Part of the Google Cloud CLI (gcloud) — Cloud SQL category.

gcloudsqldatabasesdescribeDB_NAME--instanceINSTANCE

Flag	Purpose
`--instance`	Boolean flag

More Cloud SQL commands

Create a Cloud SQL read replica using --master-instance-namegcloud sql instances create prod-db-replica --master-instance-name=prod-db
List all Cloud SQL instances in the current projectgcloud sql instances list
Show detailed information about a specific Cloud SQL instancegcloud sql instances describe INSTANCE_NAME
Delete a Cloud SQL instance and all its data permanentlygcloud sql instances delete INSTANCE_NAME
List all databases within a specific Cloud SQL instancegcloud sql databases list --instance INSTANCE_NAME
Open an interactive SQL session to a Cloud SQL instancegcloud sql connect INSTANCE_NAME --user USER
Create a new database inside an existing Cloud SQL instancegcloud sql databases create DB_NAME --instance INSTANCE
Delete a database from a Cloud SQL instancegcloud sql databases delete DB_NAME --instance INSTANCE

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