Database Info
- The information about table index characteristics is stored in which table of INFORMATION_SCHEMA?
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Correct Option: C
The ‘STATISTICS’ table in the ‘INFORMATION_SCHEMA’ stores information about the table index characteristics. ‘INFORMATION_SCHEMA’ is responsible for storing database metadata.
- Which disk data does FILES table in INFORMATION_SCHEMA store?
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Correct Option: B
The ‘INFORMATION_SCHEMA’ is a method to access information about the databases and its objects known as metadata. It has various tables that can be viewed with ‘SHOW’ statement.
- INFORMATION_SCHEMA is based on the SQL standard.
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Correct Option: B
‘INFORMATION_SCHEMA’ is another way to access information about the databases and its objects (metadata). It is based on the ‘SQL standard’, although some content is MySQL-specific.
- Which statement is used to determine the storage engine for individual tables?
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MySQL provides a method to determine the storage engine for each table with the ‘SHOW TABLE STATUS’ statement. The output of this statement is the name of the storage engine indicator.
- The general term for information about databases and the objects in MySQL is _________.
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There are various ways in which MySQL facilitates the methods to obtain information about databases and the objects in them. For example, ‘SHOW’ statements and ‘INFORMATION_SCHEMA’.