19.10. The `INFORMATION_SCHEMA GLOBAL_VARIABLES` and `SESSION_VARIABLES`Tables

The GLOBAL_VARIABLES and SESSION_VARIABLES tables provide information about server status variables. Their contents correspond to the information produced by the SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES and SHOW SESSION VARIABLES statements (see Section 13.7.5.38, "SHOW VARIABLES Syntax").

`INFORMATION_SCHEMA` Name	`SHOW` Name	Remarks
VARIABLE_NAME	Variable_name
VARIABLE_VALUE	Value

Notes:

The VARIABLE_VALUE column for each of these tables is defined as VARCHAR(20480).

19.10. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA GLOBAL_VARIABLES and SESSION_VARIABLESTables