Get a UDT

In cqlsh, the DESCRIBE TYPE command outputs the full details of a user-defined type (UDT).

To use this command, you need a keyspace and at least one UDT.

Verify that a particular UDT exists and get the definition:

DESCRIBE TYPE cycling.fullname;

The result is the CREATE TYPE statement for the specified UDT:

CREATE TYPE cycling.fullname (
    firstname text,
    lastname text
);

You can use the output from the DESCRIBE command to recreate the UDT.

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