13.7.5. `SHOW` Syntax

13.7.5.1. SHOW AUTHORS Syntax
13.7.5.2. SHOW BINARY LOGS Syntax
13.7.5.3. SHOW BINLOG EVENTS Syntax
13.7.5.4. SHOW CHARACTER SET Syntax
13.7.5.5. SHOW COLLATION Syntax
13.7.5.6. SHOW COLUMNS Syntax
13.7.5.7. SHOW CONTRIBUTORS Syntax
13.7.5.8. SHOW CREATE DATABASE Syntax
13.7.5.9. SHOW CREATE EVENT Syntax
13.7.5.10. SHOW CREATE FUNCTION Syntax
13.7.5.11. SHOW CREATE PROCEDURE Syntax
13.7.5.12. SHOW CREATE TABLE Syntax
13.7.5.13. SHOW CREATE TRIGGER Syntax
13.7.5.14. SHOW CREATE VIEW Syntax
13.7.5.15. SHOW DATABASES Syntax
13.7.5.16. SHOW ENGINE Syntax
13.7.5.17. SHOW ENGINES Syntax
13.7.5.18. SHOW ERRORS Syntax
13.7.5.19. SHOW EVENTS Syntax
13.7.5.20. SHOW FUNCTION CODE Syntax
13.7.5.21. SHOW FUNCTION STATUS Syntax
13.7.5.22. SHOW GRANTS Syntax
13.7.5.23. SHOW INDEX Syntax
13.7.5.24. SHOW MASTER STATUS Syntax
13.7.5.25. SHOW OPEN TABLES Syntax
13.7.5.26. SHOW PLUGINS Syntax
13.7.5.27. SHOW PRIVILEGES Syntax
13.7.5.28. SHOW PROCEDURE CODE Syntax
13.7.5.29. SHOW PROCEDURE STATUS Syntax
13.7.5.30. SHOW PROCESSLIST Syntax
13.7.5.31. SHOW PROFILE Syntax
13.7.5.32. SHOW PROFILES Syntax
13.7.5.33. SHOW RELAYLOG EVENTS Syntax
13.7.5.34. SHOW SLAVE HOSTS Syntax
13.7.5.35. SHOW SLAVE STATUS Syntax
13.7.5.36. SHOW STATUS Syntax
13.7.5.37. SHOW TABLE STATUS Syntax
13.7.5.38. SHOW TABLES Syntax
13.7.5.39. SHOW TRIGGERS Syntax
13.7.5.40. SHOW VARIABLES Syntax
13.7.5.41. SHOW WARNINGS Syntax

SHOW has many forms that provide information about databases, tables, columns, or status information about the server. This section describes those following:

SHOW AUTHORSSHOW {BINARY | MASTER} LOGSSHOW BINLOG EVENTS [IN 'log_name'] [FROM pos] [LIMIT [offset,] row_count]SHOW CHARACTER SET [like_or_where]SHOW COLLATION [like_or_where]SHOW [FULL] COLUMNS FROM tbl_name [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]SHOW CONTRIBUTORSSHOW CREATE DATABASE db_nameSHOW CREATE EVENT event_nameSHOW CREATE FUNCTION func_nameSHOW CREATE PROCEDURE proc_nameSHOW CREATE TABLE tbl_nameSHOW CREATE TRIGGER trigger_nameSHOW CREATE VIEW view_nameSHOW DATABASES [like_or_where]SHOW ENGINE engine_name {STATUS | MUTEX}SHOW [STORAGE] ENGINESSHOW ERRORS [LIMIT [offset,] row_count]SHOW EVENTSSHOW FUNCTION CODE func_nameSHOW FUNCTION STATUS [like_or_where]SHOW GRANTS FOR userSHOW INDEX FROM tbl_name [FROM db_name]SHOW MASTER STATUSSHOW OPEN TABLES [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]SHOW PLUGINSSHOW PROCEDURE CODE proc_nameSHOW PROCEDURE STATUS [like_or_where]SHOW PRIVILEGESSHOW [FULL] PROCESSLISTSHOW PROFILE [types] [FOR QUERY n] [OFFSET n] [LIMIT n]SHOW PROFILESSHOW SLAVE HOSTSSHOW SLAVE STATUSSHOW [GLOBAL | SESSION] STATUS [like_or_where]SHOW TABLE STATUS [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]SHOW [FULL] TABLES [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]SHOW TRIGGERS [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]SHOW [GLOBAL | SESSION] VARIABLES [like_or_where]SHOW WARNINGS [LIMIT [offset,] row_count]like_or_where:    LIKE 'pattern'  | WHERE expr

If the syntax for a given SHOW statement includes a LIKE 'pattern' part, 'pattern' is a string that can contain the SQL "%" and "_" wildcard characters. The pattern is useful for restricting statement output to matching values.

Several SHOW statements also accept a WHERE clause that provides more flexibility in specifying which rows to display. See Section 20.32, "Extensions to SHOW Statements".

Many MySQL APIs (such as PHP) enable you to treat the result returned from a SHOW statement as you would a result set from a SELECT; see Chapter 22, Connectors and APIs, or your API documentation for more information. In addition, you can work in SQL with results from queries on tables in the INFORMATION_SCHEMA database, which you cannot easily do with results from SHOW statements. See Chapter 20, INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables.

13.7.5. SHOW Syntax

13.7.5. `SHOW` Syntax