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

SHOW DATABASES - 图1

ShowLikeOrWhere

SHOW DATABASES - 图2

  1. ShowDatabasesStmt ::=
  2.     "SHOW" "DATABASES" ShowLikeOrWhere?
  4. ShowLikeOrWhere ::=
  5.     "LIKE" SimpleExpr
  6. |   "WHERE" Expression

Examples

  1. mysql> SHOW DATABASES;
  2. +--------------------+
  3. | Database           |
  4. +--------------------+
  5. | INFORMATION_SCHEMA |
  6. | PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA |
  7. | mysql              |
  8. | test               |
  9. +--------------------+
  10. 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
  12. mysql> CREATE DATABASE mynewdb;
  13. Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.10 sec)
  15. mysql> SHOW DATABASES;
  16. +--------------------+
  17. | Database           |
  18. +--------------------+
  19. | INFORMATION_SCHEMA |
  20. | PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA |
  21. | mynewdb            |
  22. | mysql              |
  23. | test               |
  24. +--------------------+
  25. 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

MySQL compatibility

The SHOW DATABASES statement in TiDB is fully compatible with MySQL. If you find any compatibility differences, report a bug.

See also