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# SHOW GRAPH

<a id="sql-graph-show" />

Outputs the request used to create one or more existing
[graphs](/content/sql/graph/create-graph#sql-graph-create).

<CodeGroup>
  ```sql SHOW GRAPH Syntax theme={null}
  SHOW GRAPH [<schema name>.]<graph name>
  ```

  ```sql SHOW GRAPH (All within Schema) Syntax theme={null}
  SHOW GRAPH <schema name>.*
  ```

  ```sql SHOW GRAPH (All) Syntax theme={null}
  SHOW GRAPH *
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Parameters

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="<schema name>" id="<schema-name>" defaultOpen>
    Name of the *schema* containing the *graph(s)* to show
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="<graph name>" id="<graph-name>" defaultOpen>
    Name of the existing *graph* for which the creation request will be output
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

<Info>
  The response to `SHOW GRAPH` is a single-column result set
  with the creation request in the `DDL` column.  The request shown will
  depend on the way in which the *graph* was created (SQL vs. API/REST):

  * SQL - output will be the SQL DDL statement used to create the *graph*
  * API/REST - output will be the JSON request, wrapped by the API or sent
    directly via REST, used to create the *graph*
</Info>

## Examples

To output the creation request for a *graph*, `big_cities_graph`:

```sql SHOW GRAPH Example theme={null}
SHOW GRAPH big_cities_graph
```


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