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.