CockroachDB Client Command In this post, we will learn about some useful cockroach database client command. Start a Local Node Below command will start a local cockroach db node in insecure mode. cockroach start --insecure --port=26257 --http-port=26258 Access Cockroach Shell Below command will give you an access of cockroach db shell. cockroach sql --insecure Display Databases Below command will list all databases of cockroach db node. SHOW DATABASE; Use Database Below command connect your shell to a particular database. USE databaseName; Display Tables Below command list all tables present in a database. SHOW TABLES; Display Table Structure Below command will display a table definition. SHOW COLUMNS FROM tableName; Please write comments if you find anything incorrect, or you want to share more information about the topic discussed above.