The INFORMATION_SCHEMA provides access to database metadata.
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The INFORMATION_SCHEMA in Drizzle is strictly ANSI compliant. If you write
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queries. Our INFORMATION_SCHEMA implementation does not have the drawbacks
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of the MySQL implementation.
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Here are some specific SHOW differences:
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* SHOW ENGINES: use DATA_DICTIONARY
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* SHOW CREATE TABLE: specifies the AUTO_INCREMENT at CREATE/ALTER TABLE time,
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not the current AUTO_INCREMENT
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* SHOW TABLE STATUS: only shows tables in the current table cache
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* SHOW [ENGINE] STATUS: use the DATA_DICTIONARY tables for that engine
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Removed commands
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* CREATE FUNCTION
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* CONVERT
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* SET NAMES
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* Multi-table delete and multi-table update code was removed and can be accomplished through subqueries. More detailed information can be found in the :doc:`dml` section.