Command for seeing list of all existing namespaces and databases

Question

I have recently come across SurrealDB, and installed it.

After adding to path, I started the server using surreal start.


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[2022-09-27 14:14:30] INFO  surrealdb::iam Root authentication is disabled
[2022-09-27 14:14:30] INFO  surrealdb::dbs Database strict mode is disabled
[2022-09-27 14:14:30] INFO  surrealdb::kvs Starting kvs store in memory
[2022-09-27 14:14:30] INFO  surrealdb::kvs Started kvs store in memory
[2022-09-27 14:14:30] INFO  surrealdb::net Starting web server on 0.0.0.0:8000
[2022-09-27 14:14:30] INFO  surrealdb::net Started web server on 0.0.0.0:8000

Then I entered the database in another terminal using surreal sql --conn http://0.0.0.0:8000.

How do I list all namespaces and databases?

Also, when I use a command like SELECT * FROM buybig, I get:

> SELECT * FROM buybig;
There was an error with the remote request: error sending request for url (http://0.0.0.0:8000/sql): error trying to connect: tcp connect error: The requested address is not valid in its context. (os error 10049)   
>

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 29 '22 at 00:05

Namespaces can be listed with the INFO query.

INFO FOR KV;

which returns

[
    {
        "time": "19.6µs",
        "status": "OK",
        "result": {
            "ns": {
                "namespace1": "DEFINE NAMESPACE namespace1",
                "namespace2": "DEFINE NAMESPACE namespace2"
            }
        }
    }
]

You can retrieve the databases inside a namespace by selecting the namespace with USE NS and running INFO FOR NS.

USE NS namespace1;
INFO FOR NS;

This will return

[
    {
        "time": "21.9µs",
        "status": "OK",
        "result": {
            "db": {
                "database1": "DEFINE DATABASE database1",
                "database2": "DEFINE DATABASE database2"
            },
            "nl": {},
            "nt": {}
        }
    }
]

Command for seeing list of all existing namespaces and databases

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