MySQL 5.7 Release Notes
This view provides the current
sys schema and MySQL server
versions.
Note
As of MySQL 5.7.28, this view is deprecated and subject to
removal in a future MySQL version. Applications that use it
should be migrated to use an alternative instead. For
example, use the VERSION()
function to retrieve the MySQL server version.
The version view has these
columns:
sys_versionThe
sysschema version.mysql_versionThe MySQL server version.