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19.20. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA SCHEMATA Table

A schema is a database, so the SCHEMATA table provides information about databases.

INFORMATION_SCHEMA Name SHOW Name Remarks
CATALOG_NAME def
SCHEMA_NAME Database
DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME
DEFAULT_COLLATION_NAME
SQL_PATH NULL

The following statements are equivalent:

SELECT SCHEMA_NAME AS `Database`  FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA  [WHERE SCHEMA_NAME LIKE 'wild']SHOW DATABASES  [LIKE 'wild']