1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | mysql> SHOW COLUMNS FROM runoob_tbl;+-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |+-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+| runoob_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | || runoob_title | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | || runoob_author | varchar(255) | YES | | NULL | || submission_date | date | YES | | NULL | |+-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+4 rows in set (0.01 sec) |
SHOW INDEX FROM 数据表：显示数据表的详细索引信息，包括PRIMARY KEY（主键）。
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | mysql> SHOW INDEX FROM runoob_tbl;+------------+------------+----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+| Table | Non_unique | Key_name | Seq_in_index | Column_name | Collation | Cardinality | Sub_part | Packed | Null | Index_type | Comment | Index_comment |+------------+------------+----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+| runoob_tbl | 0 | PRIMARY | 1 | runoob_id | A | 2 | NULL | NULL | | BTREE | | |+------------+------------+----------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------+------+------------+---------+---------------+1 row in set (0.00 sec) |
SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE [FROM db_name] [LIKE 'pattern'] \G：该命令输出MySQL数据库管理系统的性能以及统计信息。
1 2 3 4 | mysql> SHOW TABLE STATUS FROM RUNOOB; # 显示数据库 RUNOOB 中所有表的信息mysql> SHOW TABLE STATUS from RUNOOB LIKE 'runoob%'; # 表名以runoob开头的表的信息mysql> SHOW TABLE STATUS from RUNOOB LIKE 'runoob%'\G; # 加上 \G，查询结果按列打印 |
原文地址：http://blog.51cto.com/liuqun/2044071
