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SHOW TABLE STATUS

Shows the status of the tables in a database. The status information includes various physical sizes and timestamps about a table, see Examples for details.

The command returns status information of all the tables in the current database by default. Use a FROM | IN clause to specify another database rather than the current one. You can also filter tables with a LIKE or WHERE clause.

Syntax

SHOW TABLE STATUS
[{FROM | IN} db_name]
[LIKE 'pattern' | WHERE expr]

Examples

CREATE TABLE t(id INT);

-- Show status of all tables in the current database
SHOW TABLE STATUS;
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Name: t
Engine: FUSE
Version: 0
Row_format: NULL
Rows: 0
Avg_row_length: NULL
Data_length: 0
Max_data_length: NULL
Index_length: 0
Data_free: NULL
Auto_increment: NULL
Create_time: 2022-04-08 04:13:48.988 +0000
Update_time: NULL
Check_time: NULL
Collation: NULL
Checksum: NULL
Comment:

The following returns status information of the table named "t":

SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 't';
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Name: t
Engine: FUSE
Version: 0
Row_format: NULL
Rows: 0
Avg_row_length: NULL
Data_length: 0
Max_data_length: NULL
Index_length: 0
Data_free: NULL
Auto_increment: NULL
Create_time: 2022-04-08 04:13:48.988 +0000
Update_time: NULL
Check_time: NULL
Collation: NULL
Checksum: NULL
Comment:

The following uses a LIKE clause to return status information of the tables with a name starting with "t":

SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 't%';
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Name: t
Engine: FUSE
Version: 0
Row_format: NULL
Rows: 0
Avg_row_length: NULL
Data_length: 0
Max_data_length: NULL
Index_length: 0
Data_free: NULL
Auto_increment: NULL
Create_time: 2022-04-08 04:13:48.988 +0000
Update_time: NULL
Check_time: NULL
Collation: NULL
Checksum: NULL
Comment:

The following uses a WHERE clause to return status information of the tables with a name starting with "t":

SHOW TABLE STATUS WHERE name LIKE 't%';
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Name: t
Engine: FUSE
Version: 0
Row_format: NULL
Rows: 0
Avg_row_length: NULL
Data_length: 0
Max_data_length: NULL
Index_length: 0
Data_free: NULL
Auto_increment: NULL
Create_time: 2022-04-08 04:13:48.988 +0000
Update_time: NULL
Check_time: NULL
Collation: NULL
Checksum: NULL
Comment:

The following returns status information of all tables in the database default:

SHOW TABLE STATUS FROM 'default';
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Name: t
Engine: FUSE
Version: 0
Row_format: NULL
Rows: 0
Avg_row_length: NULL
Data_length: 0
Max_data_length: NULL
Index_length: 0
Data_free: NULL
Auto_increment: NULL
Create_time: 2022-04-08 04:13:48.988 +0000
Update_time: NULL
Check_time: NULL
Collation: NULL
Checksum: NULL
Comment: