Comments on: Get Quick Info On MySQL DB, Table, Column and Index Using mysqlshow

By: Mike J.

Mike J. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:22:36 +0000

Hi Ramesh,
I’ve having trouble understanding when you would run queries against information_schema vs. show or mysqlshow. Show command seems easier to use to pull database metadata. Can you please discuss this, and explain the difference between show and mysqlshow?
Regards,
Mike-

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15 Practical Usages of Mysqladmin Command For Administering MySQL Server — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:01:45 +0000

[...] display all tables in a database, total number of columns, row, column types, indexes etc., use the mysqlshow command that we discussed in our previous [...]