> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cockroachlabs.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# SHOW TYPES

export const InternalLink = ({version, path = "", children, ...props}) => {
  let detectedVersion = version || "stable";
  if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && !version) {
    const match = window.location.pathname.match(/\/docs\/([^/]+)/);
    if (match) {
      detectedVersion = match[1];
    }
  }
  const normalizedPath = path.startsWith("/") ? path.slice(1) : path;
  return <a href={`/docs/${detectedVersion}/${normalizedPath}`} {...props}>
      {children}
    </a>;
};

The `SHOW TYPES` statement lists the user-defined <InternalLink path="data-types">data types</InternalLink> in the current database.

## Syntax

```
SHOW TYPES
```

## Required privileges

The `CONNECT` <InternalLink path="security-reference/authorization#managing-privileges">privilege</InternalLink> on the database is required to list any user-defined types in the database.

## Examples

The following example creates a <InternalLink path="create-type">user-defined type</InternalLink>.

```sql theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-mocha","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
> CREATE TYPE weekday AS ENUM ('monday', 'tuesday', 'wednesday', 'thursday', 'friday');
```

```sql theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-mocha","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
> CREATE TYPE weekend AS ENUM ('sunday', 'saturday');
```

```sql theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-mocha","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
> SHOW TYPES;
```

```
  schema |  name   | owner
---------+---------+--------
  public | weekday | root
  public | weekend | root
(2 rows)
```

## See also

* <InternalLink path="enum">`ENUM`</InternalLink>
* <InternalLink path="data-types">Data types</InternalLink>
* <InternalLink path="create-type">`CREATE TYPE`</InternalLink>
* <InternalLink path="alter-type">`ALTER TYPE`</InternalLink>
* <InternalLink path="drop-type">`DROP TYPE`</InternalLink>