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DescribeTable
Last update:
May 18, 2026
Description
This function returns the following information about a table:
- Attributes
- Date of creation
- Global Secondary Indexes
- Local Secondary Indexes
- Schema
- Provisioned Throughput
For more information, see DescribeTable.
Category
History
ColdFusion (2021 release): Added this function.
Syntax
serviceHandle.describeTable(requestParameters)Parameters
See request parameters for DescribeTable.
Example
<cfscript>
cred = {
"credentialAlias" : "myalias",
"vendorName" : "AWS",
"region" : "us-east-2",
"secretAccessKey" : "xxxxx",
"accessKeyId" : "xxxx"
}
config = {
"serviceName" = "DYNAMODB"
}
dynamo = getCloudService(cred, config)
// list all tables
listTableStruct={
"Limit":25
}
listTablesResponse=dynamo.listTables(listTableStruct)
// let's retrieve information about the table "YearlyProductCatalog"
if (ArrayContains(listTablesResponse.TableNames,"YearlyProductCatalog")){
describeTableStruct={
"TableName":"YearlyProductCatalog"
}
describeTableResponse=dynamo.describeTable(describeTableStruct)
writeDump(describeTableResponse)
}
else{
writeOutput("Table not found")
}
</cfscript>Output
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