Chapter 28 INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables

28.1 Introduction
28.2 INFORMATION_SCHEMA Table Reference
28.3 INFORMATION_SCHEMA General Tables
28.4 INFORMATION_SCHEMA InnoDB Tables
28.5 INFORMATION_SCHEMA Thread Pool Tables
28.6 INFORMATION_SCHEMA Connection Control Tables
- 28.6.1 INFORMATION_SCHEMA Connection Control Table Reference
- 28.6.2 The INFORMATION_SCHEMA CONNECTION_CONTROL_FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS Table
28.7 INFORMATION_SCHEMA MySQL Enterprise Firewall Plugin Tables
28.8 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.