SHOW TABLE STATUS

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This statement shows various statistics about tables in TiDB. If the statistics appear out of date, it is recommended to run ANALYZE TABLE.

Synopsis

ShowTableStatusStmt ::=
    "SHOW" "TABLE" "STATUS" ("FROM" Identifier | "IN" Identifier )? ShowLikeOrWhere?

ShowLikeOrWhere ::=
    "LIKE" SimpleExpr
|   "WHERE" Expression

Examples

mysql> CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c1 INT NOT NULL);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec)

mysql> INSERT INTO t1 (c1) VALUES (1),(2),(3),(4),(5);
Query OK, 5 rows affected (0.02 sec)
Records: 5  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 't1'\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
           Name: t1
         Engine: InnoDB
        Version: 10
     Row_format: Compact
           Rows: 0
 Avg_row_length: 0
    Data_length: 0
Max_data_length: 0
   Index_length: 0
      Data_free: 0
 Auto_increment: 30001
    Create_time: 2019-04-19 08:32:06
    Update_time: NULL
     Check_time: NULL
      Collation: utf8mb4_bin
       Checksum:
 Create_options:
        Comment:
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> ANALYZE TABLE t1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.12 sec)

mysql> SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 't1'\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
           Name: t1
         Engine: InnoDB
        Version: 10
     Row_format: Compact
           Rows: 5
 Avg_row_length: 16
    Data_length: 80
Max_data_length: 0
   Index_length: 0
      Data_free: 0
 Auto_increment: 30001
    Create_time: 2019-04-19 08:32:06
    Update_time: NULL
     Check_time: NULL
      Collation: utf8mb4_bin
       Checksum:
 Create_options:
        Comment:
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

MySQL compatibility

The SHOW TABLE STATUS statement in TiDB is fully compatible with MySQL. If you find any compatibility differences, report a bug.

See also