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MySQL 5.7 Reference Manual  /  ...  /  InnoDB INFORMATION_SCHEMA Temporary Table Info Table

14.16.7 InnoDB INFORMATION_SCHEMA Temporary Table Info Table

INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO provides information about user-created InnoDB temporary tables that are active in the InnoDB instance. It does not provide information about internal InnoDB 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, see Section 24.4.27, “The INFORMATION_SCHEMA INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO Table”.

Example 14.12 INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO

This example demonstrates characteristics of the INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO table.

  1. Create a simple InnoDB temporary table:

    mysql> CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t1 (c1 INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=INNODB;
  2. Query INNODB_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
    PER_TABLE_TABLESPACE: FALSE
           IS_COMPRESSED: FALSE

    The TABLE_ID is a unique identifier for the temporary table. The NAME 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 because InnoDB always creates three hidden table columns (DB_ROW_ID, DB_TRX_ID, and DB_ROLL_PTR). PER_TABLE_TABLESPACE and IS_COMPRESSED report TRUE for compressed temporary tables. Otherwise, these fields report FALSE.

  3. Create a compressed temporary table.

    mysql> CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t2 (c1 INT) ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED ENGINE=INNODB;
  4. Query INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO again.

    mysql> SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO\G
    *************************** 1. row ***************************
                TABLE_ID: 195
                    NAME: #sql7a79_1_1
                  N_COLS: 4
                   SPACE: 183
    PER_TABLE_TABLESPACE: TRUE
           IS_COMPRESSED: TRUE
    *************************** 2. row ***************************
                TABLE_ID: 194
                    NAME: #sql7a79_1_0
                  N_COLS: 4
                   SPACE: 182
    PER_TABLE_TABLESPACE: FALSE
           IS_COMPRESSED: FALSE

    PER_TABLE_TABLESPACE and IS_COMPRESSED report TRUE for the compressed temporary table. The SPACE ID for the compressed temporary table is different because compressed temporary tables are created in separate file-per-table tablespaces. Non-compressed temporary tables are created in the shared temporary tablespace (ibtmp1) and report the same SPACE ID.

  5. Restart MySQL and query INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO.

    mysql> SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO\G
    Empty set (0.00 sec)

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

  6. Create a new temporary table.

    mysql> CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t1 (c1 INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=INNODB;
  7. Query INNODB_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
    PER_TABLE_TABLESPACE: FALSE
           IS_COMPRESSED: FALSE

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