SHOW有许多表单提供有关数据库、表、列或服务器状态信息的信息。本节介绍以下内容：

SHOW {BINARY | MASTER} LOGS
SHOW BINLOG EVENTS [IN 'log_name'] [FROM pos] [LIMIT [offset,] row_count]
SHOW {CHARACTER SET | CHARSET} [like_or_where]
SHOW COLLATION [like_or_where]
SHOW [FULL] COLUMNS FROM tbl_name [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]
SHOW CREATE DATABASE db_name
SHOW CREATE EVENT event_name
SHOW CREATE FUNCTION func_name
SHOW CREATE PROCEDURE proc_name
SHOW CREATE TABLE tbl_name
SHOW CREATE TRIGGER trigger_name
SHOW CREATE VIEW view_name
SHOW DATABASES [like_or_where]
SHOW ENGINE engine_name {STATUS | MUTEX}
SHOW [STORAGE] ENGINES
SHOW ERRORS [LIMIT [offset,] row_count]
SHOW EVENTS
SHOW FUNCTION CODE func_name
SHOW FUNCTION STATUS [like_or_where]
SHOW GRANTS FOR user
SHOW INDEX FROM tbl_name [FROM db_name]
SHOW MASTER STATUS
SHOW OPEN TABLES [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]
SHOW PLUGINS
SHOW PROCEDURE CODE proc_name
SHOW PROCEDURE STATUS [like_or_where]
SHOW PRIVILEGES
SHOW [FULL] PROCESSLIST
SHOW PROFILE [types] [FOR QUERY n] [OFFSET n] [LIMIT n]
SHOW PROFILES
SHOW RELAYLOG EVENTS [IN 'log_name'] [FROM pos] [LIMIT [offset,] row_count]
SHOW SLAVE HOSTS
SHOW SLAVE STATUS [FOR CHANNEL channel]
SHOW [GLOBAL | SESSION] STATUS [like_or_where]
SHOW TABLE STATUS [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]
SHOW [FULL] TABLES [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]
SHOW TRIGGERS [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]
SHOW [GLOBAL | SESSION] VARIABLES [like_or_where]
SHOW WARNINGS [LIMIT [offset,] row_count]

like_or_where: {
    LIKE 'pattern'
  | WHERE expr
}

如果给定SHOW 语句的语法包含一部分， 则为可以包含 SQL和 通配符的字符串。该模式对于将语句输出限制为匹配值很有用。 LIKE 'pattern''pattern'%_

一些SHOW语句还接受一个WHERE子句，该子句在指定要显示的行方面提供了更大的灵活性。请参阅 第 24.8 节，“SHOW 语句的扩展”。

许多 MySQL API（例如 PHP）使您能够像对待来自;SHOW的结果集一样对待从语句 返回的结果。SELECT有关详细信息，请参阅 第 27 章连接器和 API或您的 API 文档。此外，您可以在 SQL 中处理对 INFORMATION_SCHEMA数据库中的表进行查询的结果，而这是您无法轻松处理SHOW 语句结果的。请参阅第 24 章，INFORMATION_SCHEMA 表。