MySQL 9.1 Release Notes
Given a schema name, this procedure creates a synonym schema
containing views that refer to all the tables and views in the
original schema. This can be used, for example, to create a
shorter name by which to refer to a schema with a long name
(such as info
rather than
INFORMATION_SCHEMA
).
in_db_name VARCHAR(64)
: The name of the schema for which to create the synonym.in_synonym VARCHAR(64)
: The name to use for the synonym schema. This schema must not already exist.
Press CTRL+C to copymysql> SHOW DATABASES; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | mysql | | performance_schema | | sys | | world | +--------------------+ mysql> CALL sys.create_synonym_db('INFORMATION_SCHEMA', 'info'); +---------------------------------------+ | summary | +---------------------------------------+ | Created 63 views in the info database | +---------------------------------------+ mysql> SHOW DATABASES; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | info | | mysql | | performance_schema | | sys | | world | +--------------------+ mysql> SHOW FULL TABLES FROM info; +---------------------------------------+------------+ | Tables_in_info | Table_type | +---------------------------------------+------------+ | character_sets | VIEW | | collation_character_set_applicability | VIEW | | collations | VIEW | | column_privileges | VIEW | | columns | VIEW | ...