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MySQL 9.3 Reference Manual  / ...  / INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables  / INFORMATION_SCHEMA General Tables  /  The INFORMATION_SCHEMA SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES Table

28.3.35 The INFORMATION_SCHEMA SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES Table

TheSCHEMA_PRIVILEGES table provides information about schema (database) privileges. It takes its values from themysql.db system table.

TheSCHEMA_PRIVILEGES table has these columns:

  • GRANTEE

    The name of the account to which the privilege is granted, in'user_name'@'host_name' format.

  • TABLE_CATALOG

    The name of the catalog to which the schema belongs. This value is alwaysdef.

  • TABLE_SCHEMA

    The name of the schema.

  • PRIVILEGE_TYPE

    The privilege granted. The value can be any privilege that can be granted at the schema level; seeSection 15.7.1.6, “GRANT Statement”. Each row lists a single privilege, so there is one row per schema privilege held by the grantee.

  • IS_GRANTABLE

    YES if the user has theGRANT OPTION privilege,NO otherwise. The output does not listGRANT OPTION as a separate row withPRIVILEGE_TYPE='GRANT OPTION'.

Notes

The following statements arenot equivalent:

SELECT ... FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMA_PRIVILEGESSHOW GRANTS ...