Chapter 24 INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables

24.1 Introduction
24.2 INFORMATION_SCHEMA Table Reference
24.3 INFORMATION_SCHEMA General Tables
24.4 INFORMATION_SCHEMA InnoDB Tables
24.5 INFORMATION_SCHEMA Thread Pool Tables
24.6 INFORMATION_SCHEMA Connection-Control Tables
- 24.6.1 INFORMATION_SCHEMA Connection-Control Table Reference
- 24.6.2 The INFORMATION_SCHEMA CONNECTION_CONTROL_FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS Table
24.7 INFORMATION_SCHEMA MySQL Enterprise Firewall Tables
24.8 Extensions to SHOW Statements

INFORMATION_SCHEMA provides access to database metadata, information about the MySQL server such as the name of a database or table, the data type of a column, or access privileges. Other terms that are sometimes used for this information are data dictionary and system catalog.