# print_database_tables()

List all tables in a database from a connection string.

Usage

[Source](https://github.com/posit-dev/pointblank/blob/main/pointblank/validate.py#L5571-L5624)

``` python
print_database_tables(connection_string)
```

The [print_database_tables()](../reference/print_database_tables.md#pointblank.print_database_tables) function connects to a database and returns a list of all available tables. This is particularly useful for discovering what tables exist in a database before connecting to a specific table with \`connect_to_table(). The function automatically filters out temporary Ibis tables (memtables) to show only user tables. It supports all database backends available through Ibis, including DuckDB, SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigQuery, and Snowflake.

## Parameters

`connection_string: str`  
A database connection string *without* the `::table_name` suffix. Example: `"duckdb:///path/to/database.ddb"`.

## Returns

`list[str]`  
List of table names, excluding temporary Ibis tables.

## See Also

[connect_to_table()](../reference/connect_to_table.md#pointblank.connect_to_table)  
Connect to a database table with full connection string documentation