17.15.7 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 28.4.27, “The INFORMATION_SCHEMA INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO Table”.

Example 17.12 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

   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).

3. Restart MySQL and query INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO.

   mysql> SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_TEMP_TABLE_INFO\G

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

4. Create a new temporary table.

   mysql> CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t1 (c1 INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=INNODB;

5. 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

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