从MySQL 5开始, 你可以看到多了一个系统数据库information_schema . information_schema 存贮了其他所有数据库的信息。让我们来看看几个使用这个数据库的例子:
<!--more-->1. 取得关于 information_schema的基本信息
information_schema是一个虚拟数据库,并不物理存在,在select的时候,从其他数据库获取相应的信息。
- mysql> show databases;
- +--------------------+
- | Database |
- +--------------------+
- | information_schema |
- | bugs |
- | mysql |
- | sugarcrm |
- +--------------------+
- 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
以下是information_schema数据库中的表.
- mysql> use information_schema;
- mysql> show tables;
- +---------------------------------------+
- | Tables_in_information_schema |
- +---------------------------------------+
- | CHARACTER_SETS |
- | COLLATIONS |
- | COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY |
- | COLUMNS |
- | COLUMN_PRIVILEGES |
- | KEY_COLUMN_USAGE |
- | PROFILING |
- | ROUTINES |
- | SCHEMATA |
- | SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES |
- | STATISTICS |
- | TABLES |
- | TABLE_CONSTRAINTS |
- | TABLE_PRIVILEGES |
- | TRIGGERS |
- | USER_PRIVILEGES |
- | VIEWS |
- +---------------------------------------+
- 17 rows in set (0.00 sec)
2. 查询表中数据超过1000行的表
- 以下的语句可以查出超过1000行数据的表
-
- mysql> select concat(table_schema,'.',table_name) as table_name,table_rows
- -> from information_schema.tables where table_rows > 1000
- -> order by table_rows desc;
-
- +----------------------------------+------------+
- | table_name | table_rows |
- +----------------------------------+------------+
- | bugs.series_data | 52778 |
- | bugs.bugs_activity | 26436 |
- | bugs.longdescs | 21473 |
- | bugs.email_setting | 5370 |
- | bugs.attachments | 4714 |
- | bugs.attach_data | 4651 |
- | bugs.cc | 4031 |
- | bugs.bugs | 2190 |
- | bugs.namedqueries_link_in_footer | 1228 |
- +----------------------------------+------------+
- 9 rows in set (0.04 sec)
- 以下的语句可以查出超过1000行数据的表
- mysql> select concat(table_schema,'.',table_name) as table_name,table_rows
- -> from information_schema.tables where table_rows > 1000
- -> order by table_rows desc;
- +----------------------------------+------------+
- | table_name | table_rows |
- +----------------------------------+------------+
- | bugs.series_data | 52778 |
- | bugs.bugs_activity | 26436 |
- | bugs.longdescs | 21473 |
- | bugs.email_setting | 5370 |
- | bugs.attachments | 4714 |
- | bugs.attach_data | 4651 |
- | bugs.cc | 4031 |
- | bugs.bugs | 2190 |
- | bugs.namedqueries_link_in_footer | 1228 |
- +----------------------------------+------------+
- 9 rows in set (0.04 sec)
3. 查询所有没有主键的表
- This example gives a list of all the tables without primary key.
-
- SELECT CONCAT(t.table_name,".",t.table_schema) as table_name
- FROM information_schema.TABLES t
- LEFT JOIN information_schema.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS tc
- ON t.table_schema = tc.table_schema
- AND t.table_name = tc.table_name
- AND tc.constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY'
- WHERE tc.constraint_name IS NULL
- AND t.table_type = 'BASE TABLE';
- This example gives a list of all the tables without primary key.
- SELECT CONCAT(t.table_name,".",t.table_schema) as table_name
- FROM information_schema.TABLES t
- LEFT JOIN information_schema.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS tc
- ON t.table_schema = tc.table_schema
- AND t.table_name = tc.table_name
- AND tc.constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY'
- WHERE tc.constraint_name IS NULL
- AND t.table_type = 'BASE TABLE';
4. 实现表的历史数据information_schema
Putting the MySQL information_schema to Use article implements a history database using the information schema. The first half of this article describes the requirements for the history database, and a generic design to implement it. The second half describes the stepwise construction of code-generator that creates the SQL to construct and load the history database. The code-generator is driven by the information schema and some features of the information schema are discussed in detail.
5. 查询5个嘴大表
- mysql> SELECT concat(table_schema,'.',table_name) table_name,
- -> concat(round(data_length/(1024*1024),2),'M') data_length
- -> FROM information_schema.TABLES
- -> ORDER BY data_length DESC LIMIT 5;
- +--------------------+-------------+
- | table_name | data_length |
- +--------------------+-------------+
- | bugs.attach_data | 706.89M |
- | bugs.longdescs | 3.45M |
- | bugs.bugs_activity | 1.45M |
- | bugs.series_data | 0.75M |
- | bugs.attachments | 0.51M |
- +--------------------+-------------+
- 5 rows in set (0.05 sec)