This section provides information and usage examples for InnoDB
INFORMATION_SCHEMA
tables.
InnoDB
INFORMATION_SCHEMA
tables provide metadata, status information, and statistics about various aspects of the InnoDB
storage engine. You can view a list of InnoDB
INFORMATION_SCHEMA
tables by issuing a SHOW TABLES
statement on the INFORMATION_SCHEMA
database:
mysql> SHOW TABLES FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA LIKE 'INNODB%';
For table definitions, see Section 26.4, “INFORMATION_SCHEMA InnoDB Tables”. For general information regarding the MySQL
INFORMATION_SCHEMA
database, see Chapter 26, INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables.