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Get Detailed Information on Tables in MySQL

Get Detailed Information on Tables in MySQL

MySQL provides a schema named information_schema. This has a table named TABLES that has detailed information on the available tables, their record count, etc.

The query below helps you with the information on the table_schema, table_name and the record count.

SELECT table_schema, table_name, table_rows FROM information_schema.tablesOutput: Truncated output+---------------------+------------------------------------------------------+------------+| table_schema        | table_name                                           | table_rows |+---------------------+------------------------------------------------------+------------+| information_schema  | CHARACTER_SETS                                       |       NULL || information_schema  | COLLATIONS                                           |       NULL || information_schema  | COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY                |       NULL || information_schema  | COLUMNS                                              |       NULL || information_schema  | COLUMN_PRIVILEGES                                    |       NULL || information_schema  | ENGINES                                              |       NULL |+---------------------+------------------------------------------------------+------------+645 rows in set (0.35 sec) 
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