SHOW DATABASES
This statement shows a list of databases that the current user has privileges to. Databases which the current user does not have access to will appear hidden from the list. The information_schema
database always appears first in the list of databases.
SHOW SCHEMAS
is an alias of this statement.
Synopsis
ShowDatabasesStmt:
ShowLikeOrWhereOpt:
Examples
mysql> SHOW DATABASES;
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| INFORMATION_SCHEMA |
| PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA |
| mysql |
| test |
+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> CREATE DATABASE mynewdb;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.10 sec)
mysql> SHOW DATABASES;
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| INFORMATION_SCHEMA |
| PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA |
| mynewdb |
| mysql |
| test |
+--------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
MySQL compatibility
This statement is understood to be fully compatible with MySQL. Any compatibility differences should be reported via an issue on GitHub.
See also
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