SHOW CREATE VIEW view_name

This statement shows a CREATE VIEW statement that creates the given view.

mysql> SHOW CREATE VIEW v\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
                View: v
         Create View: CREATE ALGORITHM=UNDEFINED
                      DEFINER=`bob`@`localhost`
                      SQL SECURITY DEFINER VIEW
                      `v` AS select 1 AS `a`,2 AS `b`
character_set_client: latin1
collation_connection: latin1_swedish_ci

character_set_client is the session value of the character_set_client system variable when the routine was created. collation_connection is the session value of the collation_connection system variable when the routine was created.

Use of SHOW CREATE VIEW requires the SHOW VIEW privilege and the SELECT privilege for the view in question.

You can also obtain information about view objects from INFORMATION_SCHEMA, which contains a VIEWS table. See Section 18.15, “The INFORMATION_SCHEMA VIEWS Table”.