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VIEWS

The VIEWS table provides a list of views that the current user has visibility of.

DESC TABLE INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS;
+----------------------+---------+------+------+---------+---------------+
| Column               | Type    | Key  | Null | Default | Semantic Type |
+----------------------+---------+------+------+---------+---------------+
| table_catalog        | String  |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| table_schema         | String  |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| table_name           | String  |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| view_definition      | String  |      | NO   |         | FIELD         |
| check_option         | String  |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
| is_updatable         | Boolean |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
| definer              | String  |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
| security_type        | String  |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
| character_set_client | String  |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
| collation_connection | String  |      | YES  |         | FIELD         |
+----------------------+---------+------+------+---------+---------------+

The columns in table:

  • table_catalog: The name of the catalog to which the view belongs.
  • table_schema: The name of the database to which the view belongs.
  • table_name: The view name.
  • view_definition: The definition of view, which is made by the SELECT statement when the view is created.
  • check_option: Doesn't support, is always NULL.
  • is_updatable: Whether UPDATE/INSERT/DELETE is applicable to the view, always NO.
  • definer: The name of the user who creates the view.
  • security_type: Doesn't support, is always NULL.
  • character_set_client: The value of the character_set_client session variable when the view is created, is always utf8.
  • collation_connection: The value of the collation_connection session variable when the view is created, is always utf8_bin.