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MySQL 8.4 Reference Manual  / ...  / The InnoDB Storage Engine  / InnoDB INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables  /  InnoDB INFORMATION_SCHEMA Temporary Table Info Table

17.15.7 InnoDB INFORMATION_SCHEMA Temporary Table Info Table

INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO provides information about user-createdInnoDB temporary tables that are active in theInnoDB instance. It does not provide information about internalInnoDB temporary tables used by the optimizer.

mysql> SHOW TABLES FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA LIKE 'INNODB_TEMP%';+---------------------------------------------+| Tables_in_INFORMATION_SCHEMA (INNODB_TEMP%) |+---------------------------------------------+| INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO                      |+---------------------------------------------+

For the table definition, seeSection 28.4.27, “The INFORMATION_SCHEMA INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO Table”.

Example 17.12 INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO

This example demonstrates characteristics of theINNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO table.

  1. Create a simpleInnoDB temporary table:

    mysql> CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t1 (c1 INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=INNODB;
  2. QueryINNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO to view the temporary table metadata.

    mysql> SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO\G*************************** 1. row ***************************            TABLE_ID: 194                NAME: #sql7a79_1_0              N_COLS: 4               SPACE: 182

    TheTABLE_ID is a unique identifier for the temporary table. TheNAME column displays the system-generated name for the temporary table, which is prefixed with#sql. The number of columns (N_COLS) is 4 rather than 1 becauseInnoDB always creates three hidden table columns (DB_ROW_ID,DB_TRX_ID, andDB_ROLL_PTR).

  3. Restart MySQL and queryINNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO.

    mysql> SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO\G

    An empty set is returned becauseINNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO and its data are not persisted to disk when the server is shut down.

  4. Create a new temporary table.

    mysql> CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t1 (c1 INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=INNODB;
  5. QueryINNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO to view the temporary table metadata.

    mysql> SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO\G*************************** 1. row ***************************            TABLE_ID: 196                NAME: #sql7b0e_1_0              N_COLS: 4               SPACE: 184

    TheSPACE ID may be different because it is dynamically generated when the server is started.