mariadb/mysql-test/r/information_schema.result

grant all privileges on test.* to mysqltest_1@localhost;
select * from information_schema.SCHEMATA where schema_name > 'm';
CATALOG_NAME	SCHEMA_NAME	DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME	SQL_PATH
NULL	mysql	latin1	NULL
NULL	test	latin1	NULL
select schema_name from information_schema.schemata;
schema_name
information_schema
mysql
test
show databases *;
CATALOG_NAME	SCHEMA_NAME	DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME	SQL_PATH
NULL	information_schema	utf8	NULL
NULL	mysql	latin1	NULL
NULL	test	latin1	NULL
show databases like 't%';
Database (t%)
test
show databases;
Database
information_schema
mysql
test
show databases * where schema_name like 't%';
CATALOG_NAME	SCHEMA_NAME	DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME	SQL_PATH
NULL	test	latin1	NULL
show databases * where schema_name = 't%';
CATALOG_NAME	SCHEMA_NAME	DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME	SQL_PATH
create database testtets;
create table testtets.t1(a int, b VARCHAR(30), KEY string_data (b));
create table test.t2(a int);
create table t3(a int, KEY a_data (a));
create table testtets.t4(a int);
create view v1 (c) as select table_name from information_schema.TABLES;
select * from v1;
c
SCHEMATA
TABLES
COLUMNS
CHARACTER_SETS
COLLATIONS
COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY
ROUTINES
STATISTICS
VIEWS
USER_PRIVILEGES
SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES
TABLE_PRIVILEGES
COLUMN_PRIVILEGES
TABLE_CONSTRAINTS
KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
TABLE_NAMES
columns_priv
db
func
help_category
help_keyword
help_relation
help_topic
host
proc
tables_priv
time_zone
time_zone_leap_second
time_zone_name
time_zone_transition
time_zone_transition_type
user
t2
t3
v1
t1
t4
select c,table_name from v1 
left join information_schema.TABLES v2 on (v1.c=v2.table_name)
where v1.c like "t%";
c	table_name
TABLES	TABLES
TABLE_PRIVILEGES	TABLE_PRIVILEGES
TABLE_CONSTRAINTS	TABLE_CONSTRAINTS
TABLE_NAMES	TABLE_NAMES
tables_priv	tables_priv
time_zone	time_zone
time_zone_leap_second	time_zone_leap_second
time_zone_name	time_zone_name
time_zone_transition	time_zone_transition
time_zone_transition_type	time_zone_transition_type
t2	t2
t3	t3
t1	t1
t4	t4
select c, v2.table_name from v1
right join information_schema.TABLES v2 on (v1.c=v2.table_name)
where v1.c like "t%";
c	table_name
TABLES	TABLES
TABLE_PRIVILEGES	TABLE_PRIVILEGES
TABLE_CONSTRAINTS	TABLE_CONSTRAINTS
TABLE_NAMES	TABLE_NAMES
tables_priv	tables_priv
time_zone	time_zone
time_zone_leap_second	time_zone_leap_second
time_zone_name	time_zone_name
time_zone_transition	time_zone_transition
time_zone_transition_type	time_zone_transition_type
t2	t2
t3	t3
t1	t1
t4	t4
select table_name from information_schema.TABLES
where table_schema = "testtets" and table_name like "t%";
table_name
t1
t4
select * from information_schema.STATISTICS where TABLE_SCHEMA = "testtets";
TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	NON_UNIQUE	INDEX_SCHEMA	INDEX_NAME	SEQ_IN_INDEX	COLUMN_NAME	COLLATION	CARDINALITY	SUB_PART	PACKED	NULLABLE	INDEX_TYPE	COMMENT
NULL	testtets	t1	1	testtets	string_data	1	b	A	NULL	NULL	NULL	YES	BTREE	
show keys * from t3 where TABLE_SCHEMA Like "test%";
TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	NON_UNIQUE	INDEX_SCHEMA	INDEX_NAME	SEQ_IN_INDEX	COLUMN_NAME	COLLATION	CARDINALITY	SUB_PART	PACKED	NULLABLE	INDEX_TYPE	COMMENT
NULL	test	t3	1	test	a_data	1	a	A	NULL	NULL	NULL	YES	BTREE	
show keys from t3 where INDEX_NAME = "a_data";
Table	Non_unique	Key_name	Seq_in_index	Column_name	Collation	Cardinality	Sub_part	Packed	Null	Index_type	Comment
t3	1	a_data	1	a	A	NULL	NULL	NULL	YES	BTREE	
show tables like 't%';
Tables_in_test (t%)
t2
t3
show tables * from test where table_name like 't%';
TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	TABLE_TYPE
NULL	test	t2	
NULL	test	t3	
show table status;
Name	Engine	Version	Row_format	Rows	Avg_row_length	Data_length	Max_data_length	Index_length	Data_free	Auto_increment	Create_time	Update_time	Check_time	Collation	Checksum	Create_options	Comment
t2	MyISAM	9	Fixed	0	0	0	21474836479	1024	0	NULL	#	#	NULL	latin1_swedish_ci	NULL		
t3	MyISAM	9	Fixed	0	0	0	21474836479	1024	0	NULL	#	#	NULL	latin1_swedish_ci	NULL		
v1	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	#	#	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	view
show full columns from t3 like "a%";
Field	Type	Collation	Null	Key	Default	Extra	Privileges	Comment
a	int(11)	NULL	YES	MUL	NULL		select,insert,update,references	
show full columns from mysql.db like "Insert%";
Field	Type	Collation	Null	Key	Default	Extra	Privileges	Comment
Insert_priv	enum('N','Y')	utf8_bin	NO		N		select,insert,update,references	
show full columns from v1;
Field	Type	Collation	Null	Key	Default	Extra	Privileges	Comment
c	varchar(64)	utf8_general_ci	NO				select,insert,update,references	
select * from information_schema.COLUMNS where table_name="t1"
and column_name= "a";
TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	COLUMN_NAME	ORDINAL_POSITION	COLUMN_DEFAULT	IS_NULLABLE	DATA_TYPE	CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH	CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH	NUMERIC_PRECISION	NUMERIC_SCALE	CHARACTER_SET_NAME	COLLATION_NAME	COLUMN_TYPE	COLUMN_KEY	EXTRA	PRIVILEGES	COLUMN_COMMENT
NULL	testtets	t1	a	1	NULL	YES	int	11	11	11	0	NULL	NULL	int(11)			select,insert,update,references	
show columns * from testtets.t1 where table_name = "t1";
TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	COLUMN_NAME	ORDINAL_POSITION	COLUMN_DEFAULT	IS_NULLABLE	DATA_TYPE	CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH	CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH	NUMERIC_PRECISION	NUMERIC_SCALE	CHARACTER_SET_NAME	COLLATION_NAME	COLUMN_TYPE	COLUMN_KEY	EXTRA	PRIVILEGES	COLUMN_COMMENT
NULL	testtets	t1	a	1	NULL	YES	int	11	11	11	0	NULL	NULL	int(11)			select,insert,update,references	
NULL	testtets	t1	b	2	NULL	YES	varchar	30	30	NULL	NULL	latin1	latin1_swedish_ci	varchar(30)	MUL		select,insert,update,references	
drop view v1;
drop tables testtets.t4, testtets.t1, t2, t3;
drop database testtets;
select * from information_schema.CHARACTER_SETS
where CHARACTER_SET_NAME like 'latin1%';
CHARACTER_SET_NAME	DESCRIPTION	DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAME	MAXLEN
latin1	ISO 8859-1 West European	latin1_swedish_ci	1
SHOW CHARACTER SET LIKE 'latin1%';
Charset	Description	Default collation	Maxlen
latin1	ISO 8859-1 West European	latin1_swedish_ci	1
SHOW CHARACTER SET * LIKE 'latin1%';
CHARACTER_SET_NAME	DESCRIPTION	DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAME	MAXLEN
latin1	ISO 8859-1 West European	latin1_swedish_ci	1
SHOW CHARACTER SET WHERE CHARACTER_SET_NAME like 'latin1%';
Charset	Description	Default collation	Maxlen
latin1	ISO 8859-1 West European	latin1_swedish_ci	1
SHOW CHARACTER SET CHARACTER_SET_NAME WHERE CHARACTER_SET_NAME like 'latin1%';
CHARACTER_SET_NAME
latin1
SHOW CHARACTER SET *  WHERE CHARACTER_SET_NAME like 'latin1%';
CHARACTER_SET_NAME	DESCRIPTION	DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAME	MAXLEN
latin1	ISO 8859-1 West European	latin1_swedish_ci	1
select * from information_schema.COLLATIONS
where COLLATION_NAME like 'latin1%';
COLLATION_NAME	CHARSET	ID	DEFAULT	COMPILED	SORTLEN
latin1_german1_ci	latin1	5			0
latin1_swedish_ci	latin1	8	Yes	Yes	1
latin1_danish_ci	latin1	15			0
latin1_german2_ci	latin1	31		Yes	2
latin1_bin	latin1	47		Yes	1
latin1_general_ci	latin1	48			0
latin1_general_cs	latin1	49			0
latin1_spanish_ci	latin1	94			0
SHOW COLLATION LIKE 'latin1%';
Collation	Charset	Id	Default	Compiled	Sortlen
latin1_german1_ci	latin1	5			0
latin1_swedish_ci	latin1	8	Yes	Yes	1
latin1_danish_ci	latin1	15			0
latin1_german2_ci	latin1	31		Yes	2
latin1_bin	latin1	47		Yes	1
latin1_general_ci	latin1	48			0
latin1_general_cs	latin1	49			0
latin1_spanish_ci	latin1	94			0
SHOW COLLATION * LIKE 'latin1%';
COLLATION_NAME	CHARSET	ID	DEFAULT	COMPILED	SORTLEN
latin1_german1_ci	latin1	5			0
latin1_swedish_ci	latin1	8	Yes	Yes	1
latin1_danish_ci	latin1	15			0
latin1_german2_ci	latin1	31		Yes	2
latin1_bin	latin1	47		Yes	1
latin1_general_ci	latin1	48			0
latin1_general_cs	latin1	49			0
latin1_spanish_ci	latin1	94			0
SHOW COLLATION WHERE COLLATION_NAME like 'latin1%';
Collation	Charset	Id	Default	Compiled	Sortlen
latin1_german1_ci	latin1	5			0
latin1_swedish_ci	latin1	8	Yes	Yes	1
latin1_danish_ci	latin1	15			0
latin1_german2_ci	latin1	31		Yes	2
latin1_bin	latin1	47		Yes	1
latin1_general_ci	latin1	48			0
latin1_general_cs	latin1	49			0
latin1_spanish_ci	latin1	94			0
SHOW COLLATION COLLATION_NAME WHERE COLLATION_NAME like 'latin1%';
COLLATION_NAME
latin1_german1_ci
latin1_swedish_ci
latin1_danish_ci
latin1_german2_ci
latin1_bin
latin1_general_ci
latin1_general_cs
latin1_spanish_ci
SHOW COLLATION *  WHERE COLLATION_NAME like 'latin1%';
COLLATION_NAME	CHARSET	ID	DEFAULT	COMPILED	SORTLEN
latin1_german1_ci	latin1	5			0
latin1_swedish_ci	latin1	8	Yes	Yes	1
latin1_danish_ci	latin1	15			0
latin1_german2_ci	latin1	31		Yes	2
latin1_bin	latin1	47		Yes	1
latin1_general_ci	latin1	48			0
latin1_general_cs	latin1	49			0
latin1_spanish_ci	latin1	94			0
select * from information_schema.COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY
where COLLATION_NAME like 'latin1%';
COLLATION_NAME	CHARACTER_SET_NAME
latin1_german1_ci	latin1
latin1_swedish_ci	latin1
latin1_danish_ci	latin1
latin1_german2_ci	latin1
latin1_bin	latin1
latin1_general_ci	latin1
latin1_general_cs	latin1
latin1_spanish_ci	latin1
create function sub1(i int) returns int
return i+1;
create procedure sel2()
begin
select * from t1;
select * from t2;
end|
show procedure status;
Db	Name	Type	Definer	Modified	Created	Security_type	Comment
test	sel2	PROCEDURE	root@localhost	#	#	DEFINER	
show function status;
Db	Name	Type	Definer	Modified	Created	Security_type	Comment
test	sub1	FUNCTION	root@localhost	#	#	DEFINER	
select a.ROUTINE_NAME from information_schema.ROUTINES a,
information_schema.SCHEMATA b where
a.ROUTINE_SCHEMA = b.SCHEMA_NAME;
ROUTINE_NAME
sel2
sub1
explain select a.ROUTINE_NAME from information_schema.ROUTINES a,
information_schema.SCHEMATA b where
a.ROUTINE_SCHEMA = b.SCHEMA_NAME;
id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
1	SIMPLE	#	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	
1	SIMPLE	#	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	Using where
select a.ROUTINE_NAME, b.name from information_schema.ROUTINES a,
mysql.proc b where a.ROUTINE_NAME = convert(b.name using utf8);
ROUTINE_NAME	name
sub1	sub1
sel2	sel2
select count(*) from information_schema.ROUTINES;
count(*)
2
create view v0 (c) as select schema_name from information_schema.schemata;
select * from v0;
c
information_schema
mysql
test
explain select * from v0;
id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
1	PRIMARY	#	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	2	
create view v1 (c) as select table_name from information_schema.tables
where table_name="v1";
select * from v1;
c
v1
create view v2 (c) as select column_name from information_schema.columns
where table_name="v2";
select * from v2;
c
c
create view v3 (c) as select CHARACTER_SET_NAME from information_schema.character_sets
where CHARACTER_SET_NAME like "latin1%";
select * from v3;
c
latin1
create view v4 (c) as select COLLATION_NAME from information_schema.collations
where COLLATION_NAME like "latin1%";
select * from v4;
c
latin1_german1_ci
latin1_swedish_ci
latin1_danish_ci
latin1_german2_ci
latin1_bin
latin1_general_ci
latin1_general_cs
latin1_spanish_ci
show keys from v4;
Table	Non_unique	Key_name	Seq_in_index	Column_name	Collation	Cardinality	Sub_part	Packed	Null	Index_type	Comment
select * from information_schema.views where TABLE_NAME like "v%";
TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	VIEW_DEFINITION	CHECK_OPTION	IS_UPDATABLE
NULL	test	v0	select `schemata`.`SCHEMA_NAME` AS `c` from `information_schema`.`schemata`	NONE	NO
NULL	test	v1	select `tables`.`TABLE_NAME` AS `c` from `information_schema`.`tables` where (`tables`.`TABLE_NAME` = _utf8'v1')	NONE	NO
NULL	test	v2	select `columns`.`COLUMN_NAME` AS `c` from `information_schema`.`columns` where (`columns`.`TABLE_NAME` = _utf8'v2')	NONE	NO
NULL	test	v3	select `character_sets`.`CHARACTER_SET_NAME` AS `c` from `information_schema`.`character_sets` where (`character_sets`.`CHARACTER_SET_NAME` like _utf8'latin1%')	NONE	NO
NULL	test	v4	select `collations`.`COLLATION_NAME` AS `c` from `information_schema`.`collations` where (`collations`.`COLLATION_NAME` like _utf8'latin1%')	NONE	NO
drop view v0, v1, v2, v3, v4;
create table t1 (a int);
grant select,update,insert on t1 to mysqltest_1@localhost;
grant select (a), update (a),insert(a), references(a) on t1 to mysqltest_1@localhost;
grant all on test.* to mysqltest_1@localhost with grant option;
select * from information_schema.USER_PRIVILEGES where grantee like '%mysqltest_1%';
GRANTEE	TABLE_CATALOG	PRIVILEGE_TYPE	IS_GRANTABLE
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	USAGE	NO
select * from information_schema.SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES where grantee like '%mysqltest_1%';
GRANTEE	TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	PRIVILEGE_TYPE	IS_GRANTABLE
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	SELECT	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	INSERT	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	UPDATE	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	DELETE	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	CREATE	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	DROP	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	REFERENCES	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	INDEX	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	ALTER	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	LOCK TABLES	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	CREATE VIEW	YES
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	SHOW VIEW	YES
select * from information_schema.TABLE_PRIVILEGES where grantee like '%mysqltest_1%';
GRANTEE	TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	PRIVILEGE_TYPE	IS_GRANTABLE
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	t1	SELECT	NO
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	t1	INSERT	NO
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	t1	UPDATE	NO
select * from information_schema.COLUMN_PRIVILEGES where grantee like '%mysqltest_1%';
GRANTEE	TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	COLUMN_NAME	PRIVILEGE_TYPE	IS_GRANTABLE
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	t1	a	SELECT	NO
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	t1	a	INSERT	NO
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	t1	a	UPDATE	NO
'mysqltest_1'@'localhost'	NULL	test	t1	a	REFERENCES	NO
delete from mysql.user where user='mysqltest_1';
delete from mysql.db where user='mysqltest_1';
delete from mysql.tables_priv where user='mysqltest_1';
delete from mysql.columns_priv where user='mysqltest_1';
flush privileges;
drop table t1;
create table t1 (a int null, primary key(a));
alter table t1 add constraint constraint_1 unique (a);
alter table t1 add constraint unique key_1(a);
alter table t1 add constraint constraint_2 unique key_2(a);
show create table t1;
Table	Create Table
t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`a`),
  UNIQUE KEY `constraint_1` (`a`),
  UNIQUE KEY `key_1` (`a`),
  UNIQUE KEY `key_2` (`a`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
select * from information_schema.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS where
TABLE_SCHEMA= "test";
CONSTRAINT_CATALOG	CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA	CONSTRAINT_NAME	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	CONSTRAINT_TYPE
NULL	test	PRIMARY	test	t1	PRIMARY KEY
NULL	test	constraint_1	test	t1	UNIQUE
NULL	test	key_1	test	t1	UNIQUE
NULL	test	key_2	test	t1	UNIQUE
select * from information_schema.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE where
TABLE_SCHEMA= "test";
CONSTRAINT_CATALOG	CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA	CONSTRAINT_NAME	TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	COLUMN_NAME	ORDINAL_POSITION	POSITION_IN_UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT	REFERENCED_TABLE_SCHEMA	REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME	REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
NULL	test	PRIMARY	NULL	test	t1	a	1	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL
NULL	test	constraint_1	NULL	test	t1	a	1	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL
NULL	test	key_1	NULL	test	t1	a	1	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL
NULL	test	key_2	NULL	test	t1	a	1	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL
select table_name from information_schema.TABLES where table_schema like "test%";
table_name
t1
select table_name,column_name from information_schema.COLUMNS where table_schema like "test%";
table_name	column_name
t1	a
select ROUTINE_NAME from information_schema.ROUTINES;
ROUTINE_NAME
sel2
sub1
delete from mysql.user where user='mysqltest_1';
drop table t1;
drop procedure sel2;
drop function sub1;
create table t1(a int);
create view v1 (c) as select a from t1 with check option;
create view v2 (c) as select a from t1 WITH LOCAL CHECK OPTION;
create view v3 (c) as select a from t1 WITH CASCADED CHECK OPTION;
select * from information_schema.views;
TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	VIEW_DEFINITION	CHECK_OPTION	IS_UPDATABLE
NULL	test	v1	select `test`.`t1`.`a` AS `c` from `test`.`t1`	WITH CASCADED CHECK OPTION	YES
NULL	test	v2	select `test`.`t1`.`a` AS `c` from `test`.`t1`	WITH LOCAL CHECK OPTION	YES
NULL	test	v3	select `test`.`t1`.`a` AS `c` from `test`.`t1`	WITH CASCADED CHECK OPTION	YES
grant select (a) on test.t1 to joe@localhost with grant option;
select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMN_PRIVILEGES;
GRANTEE	TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	COLUMN_NAME	PRIVILEGE_TYPE	IS_GRANTABLE
'joe'@'localhost'	NULL	test	t1	a	SELECT	YES
select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_PRIVILEGES;
GRANTEE	TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	PRIVILEGE_TYPE	IS_GRANTABLE
drop view v1, v2, v3;
drop table t1;
delete from mysql.user where user='joe';
delete from mysql.db where user='joe';
delete from mysql.tables_priv where user='joe';
delete from mysql.columns_priv where user='joe';
flush privileges;
create procedure px5 ()
begin
declare v int;
declare c cursor for select version from
information_schema.tables where table_schema <> 'information_schema';
open c;
fetch c into v;
select v;
close c;
end;//
call px5()//
v
9
call px5()//
v
9
select sql_mode from information_schema.ROUTINES;
sql_mode

drop procedure px5;
create table t1 (a int not null auto_increment,b int, primary key (a));
insert into t1 values (1,1),(NULL,3),(NULL,4);
select AUTO_INCREMENT from information_schema.tables where table_name = 't1';
AUTO_INCREMENT
4
drop table t1;
create table t1 (s1 int);
insert into t1 values (0),(9),(0);
select s1 from t1 where s1 in (select version from
information_schema.tables) union select version from
information_schema.tables;
s1
0
9
10
drop table t1;
SHOW CREATE TABLE INFORMATION_SCHEMA.character_sets;
Table	Create Table
character_sets	CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `character_sets` (
  `CHARACTER_SET_NAME` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '',
  `DESCRIPTION` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
  `DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAME` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
  `MAXLEN` bigint(3) NOT NULL default '0'
) ENGINE=HEAP DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 MAX_ROWS=2252
set names latin2;
SHOW CREATE TABLE INFORMATION_SCHEMA.character_sets;
Table	Create Table
character_sets	CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `character_sets` (
  `CHARACTER_SET_NAME` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '',
  `DESCRIPTION` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
  `DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAME` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
  `MAXLEN` bigint(3) NOT NULL default '0'
) ENGINE=HEAP DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 MAX_ROWS=2252
set names latin1;
create table t1 select * from information_schema.CHARACTER_SETS
where CHARACTER_SET_NAME like "latin1";
select * from t1;
CHARACTER_SET_NAME	DESCRIPTION	DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAME	MAXLEN
latin1	ISO 8859-1 West European	latin1_swedish_ci	1
alter table t1 default character set utf8;
show create table t1;
Table	Create Table
t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `CHARACTER_SET_NAME` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '',
  `DESCRIPTION` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
  `DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAME` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
  `MAXLEN` bigint(3) NOT NULL default '0'
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
drop table t1;
create view v1 as select * from information_schema.TABLES;
drop view v1;
create table t1(a NUMERIC(5,3), b NUMERIC(5,1), c float(5,2),
d NUMERIC(6,4), e float, f DECIMAL(6,3), g int(11), h DOUBLE(10,3),
i DOUBLE);
select COLUMN_NAME,COLUMN_TYPE, CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH, 
CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH, NUMERIC_PRECISION, NUMERIC_SCALE
from information_schema.columns where table_name= 't1';
COLUMN_NAME	COLUMN_TYPE	CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH	CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH	NUMERIC_PRECISION	NUMERIC_SCALE
a	decimal(5,3)	7	7	5	3
b	decimal(5,1)	7	7	5	1
c	float(5,2)	5	5	5	2
d	decimal(6,4)	8	8	6	4
e	float	12	12	12	NULL
f	decimal(6,3)	8	8	6	3
g	int(11)	11	11	11	0
h	double(10,3)	10	10	10	3
i	double	22	22	22	NULL
drop table t1;
create table t115 as select table_name, column_name, column_type
from information_schema.columns where table_name = 'proc';
select * from t115;
table_name	column_name	column_type
proc	db	char(64)
proc	name	char(64)
proc	type	enum('FUNCTION','PROCEDURE')
proc	specific_name	char(64)
proc	language	enum('SQL')
proc	sql_data_access	enum('CONTAINS_SQL','NO_SQL','READS_SQL_DATA','MODIFIES_SQL_DATA')
proc	is_deterministic	enum('YES','NO')
proc	security_type	enum('INVOKER','DEFINER')
proc	param_list	blob
proc	returns	char(64)
proc	body	blob
proc	definer	char(77)
proc	created	timestamp
proc	modified	timestamp
proc	sql_mode	set('REAL_AS_FLOAT','PIPES_AS_CONCAT','ANSI_QUOTES','IGNORE_SPACE','NOT_USED','ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY','NO_UNSIGNED_SUBTRACTION','NO_DIR_IN_CREATE','POSTGRESQL','ORACLE','MSSQL','DB2','MAXDB','NO_KEY_OPTIONS','NO_TABLE_OPTIONS','NO_FIELD_OPTIONS','MYSQL323','MYSQL40','ANSI','NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO')
proc	comment	char(64)
drop table t115;
create procedure p108 () begin declare c cursor for select data_type
from information_schema.columns;  open c; open c; end;//
call p108()//
ERROR 24000: Cursor is already open
drop procedure p108;
create view v1 as select A1.table_name from information_schema.TABLES A1
where table_name= "user";
select * from v1;
table_name
user
drop view v1;
create view vo as select 'a' union select 'a';
show index from vo;
Table	Non_unique	Key_name	Seq_in_index	Column_name	Collation	Cardinality	Sub_part	Packed	Null	Index_type	Comment
select * from information_schema.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS where
TABLE_NAME= "vo";
CONSTRAINT_CATALOG	CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA	CONSTRAINT_NAME	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	CONSTRAINT_TYPE
select * from information_schema.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE where
TABLE_NAME= "vo";
CONSTRAINT_CATALOG	CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA	CONSTRAINT_NAME	TABLE_CATALOG	TABLE_SCHEMA	TABLE_NAME	COLUMN_NAME	ORDINAL_POSITION	POSITION_IN_UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT	REFERENCED_TABLE_SCHEMA	REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME	REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
drop view vo;
select TABLE_NAME,TABLE_TYPE,ENGINE
from information_schema.tables 
where table_schema='information_schema' limit 2;
TABLE_NAME	TABLE_TYPE	ENGINE
SCHEMATA	TEMPORARY	MyISAM
TABLES	TEMPORARY	MyISAM
show tables from information_schema like "t%";
Tables_in_information_schema (t%)
create database information_schema;
ERROR HY000: Can't create database 'information_schema'; database exists
use information_schema;
show full tables like "T%";
Tables_in_information_schema (T%)	Table_type
TABLES	TEMPORARY
TABLE_PRIVILEGES	TEMPORARY
TABLE_CONSTRAINTS	TEMPORARY
TABLE_NAMES	TEMPORARY
create table t1(a int);
ERROR 42S02: Unknown table 't1' in information_schema
use test;
show tables;
Tables_in_test
use information_schema;
show tables like "T%";
Tables_in_information_schema (T%)
TABLES
TABLE_PRIVILEGES
TABLE_CONSTRAINTS
TABLE_NAMES