MySQL miscellaneous statements

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Updated: 20 September 2022

Show columns statement

SHOW COLUMNS FROM City;

Query for big tables

SELECT 
     table_schema as `Database`, 
     table_name AS `Table`, 
     round(((data_length + index_length) / 1024 / 1024), 2) `Size in MB` 
FROM information_schema.TABLES 
WHERE table_schema = "my_table"
ORDER BY (data_length + index_length) DESC;

Disable foreign key checks

SET foreign_key_checks = 0;
SET foreign_key_checks = 1;