Updated on 2024-05-31 GMT+08:00

System Catalogs and System Views

No.

System Catalog or System View

Column

Difference

1

information_schema.columns

generation_expression

The output of this column varies due to different string concatenation logics of expressions in M-compatible mode and MySQL.

2

information_schema.columns

data_type

The output result of this column in M-compatible mode, having not been modified due to the data type format_type involved, is different from that in MySQL.

3

information_schema.columns

column_type

The output result of this column in M-compatible mode, having not been modified due to the data type format_type involved, is different from that in MySQL.

4

information_schema.tables

engine

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

5

information_schema.tables

version

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

6

information_schema.tables

row_format

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

7

information_schema.tables

avg_row_length

In M-compatible mode, the result of dividing the size of the data files by the number of all tuples (including live tuples and dead tuples) is used. If there is no tuple in the table, the value is null.

8

information_schema.tables

max_data_length

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

9

information_schema.tables

data_free

In M-compatible mode, it indicates the result of (Number of invalid tuples/Total number of tuples) x Data file size. If there is no tuple in the table, the value is null.

10

information_schema.tables

check_time

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

11

information_schema.tables

create_time

In M-compatible mode, this behavior of column is different from that in MySQL. When a view is created in MySQL, this column is set to null. In M-compatible mode, the actual table creation time is displayed. The value is null if it is a table or view provided by the database.

12

information_schema.tables

update_time

The value is null if it is a table or view provided by the M-compatible database.

13

information_schema.statistics

collation

The value can only be A or D but not NULL in M-compatible mode.

14

information_schema.statistics

packed

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

15

information_schema.statistics

sub_part

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

16

information_schema.statistics

comment

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

17

information_schema.partitions

subpartition_name

In M-compatible mode, if a partition is not a level-2 partition, the value is null.

18

information_schema.partitions

subpartition_ordinal_position

In M-compatible mode, if a partition is not a level-2 partition, the value is null.

19

information_schema.partitions

partition_method

In M-compatible mode:

Partitioning policy. If the partition is not a level-1 partition, the value is null.

  • 'r': range partition.
  • 'l': list partition.
  • 'h': hash partition
  • 'i': interval partition.

20

information_schema.partitions

subpartition_method

In M-compatible mode:

Level-2 partitioning policy. If a partition is not a level-2 partition, the value is null.

  • 'r': range partition.
  • 'l': list partition.
  • 'h': hash partition
  • 'i': interval partition.

21

information_schema.partitions

partition_description

In M-compatible mode, level-1 partitions and level-2 partitions are distinguished.

22

information_schema.partitions

partition_expression

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

23

information_schema.partitions

subpartition_expression

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

24

information_schema.partitions

data_length

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

25

information_schema.partitions

max_data_length

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

26

information_schema.partitions

index_length

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

27

information_schema.partitions

data_free

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

28

information_schema.partitions

create_time

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

29

information_schema.partitions

update_time

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

30

information_schema.partitions

check_time

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

31

information_schema.partitions

checksum

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

32

information_schema.partitions

partition_comment

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

33

information_schema.partitions

nodegroup

This column is not supported in M-compatible mode.

  • The precision range cannot be specified for the command output of the integer type in a view. For example, the bigint(1) type in MySQL corresponds to the bigint type in M-compatible mode, and the bigint(21) unsigned type in MySQL corresponds to the bigint unsigned type in M-compatible mode.
  • The int type in MySQL corresponds to the integer type in M-compatible mode.
  • M-compatible mode does not support columns of the set and enum types that are supported in MySQL. This version does not support or display Column_priv column in the m_schema.columns_priv view, Table_priv,Column_priv column in the m_schema.tables_priv view, Routine_type,Proc_priv column in the m_schema.procs_priv view, the type,language,sql_data_access,is_deterministic,security_type,sql_mode column in the m_schema.proc view, or the type column in the m_schema.func view.
  • table_rows, avg_row_length, data_length, data_free, index_length, and cardinality in information_schema.tables and information_schema.statistics are obtained based on statistics. Therefore, run ANALYZE to update statistics before viewing them. (If data is updated in the database, you are advised to delay running ANALYZE.)
  • The index columns contained in information_schema.statistics must be complete table columns in the created indexes. If the index columns are expressions, they are not in this view.
  • table_row and avg_row_length in information_schema.partitions are obtained based on statistics. Before viewing the value, run ANALYZE to update the statistics. (If data is updated in the database, you are advised to delay running ANALYZE.)
  • In information_schema.partitions, level-1 and level-2 partitions are displayed separately.
  • The format of the grantee column supported in MySQL is ' user_name '@' host_name '. In the M-compatible database, it is the name of the user or role to which the permission is granted.
  • For the host column supported in the M-compatible database, the hostname of the current node is returned.
  • In MySQL, you need the permission before viewing m_schema.tables_priv, information_schema.user_privileges, information_schema.schema_privileges, information_schema.table_privileges, information_schema.column_privileges, m_schema.columns_priv, m_schema.func, and m_schema.procs_priv. In the M-compatible database, you can view them with the default permission. For example, for table t1, you need the corresponding permission in MySQL so that you can view the corresponding permission information in the permission view. In the M-compatible database, you can view the permission information related to table t1 in the view.