The INFORMATION_SCHEMA database has a VIEWS table that contains view metadata i.e. data about views. To illustrate it we are taking the example of a view named ‘Info’.
Example
The following query will show the metadata of a view named ‘Info’ −
mysql> SELECT * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'Info' AND TABLE_SCHEMA = 'query'\G *************************** 1. row *************************** TABLE_CATALOG: def TABLE_SCHEMA: query TABLE_NAME: info VIEW_DEFINITION:select`query`.`student_info`.`id`AS`ID`,`query`.`student_info`.`Name` AS `NAME`,`query`.`student_info`.`Subject` AS `SUBJECT`,`query`.` student_info`.`Address` AS `ADDRESS` from `query`.`student_info` CHECK_OPTION: NONE IS_UPDATABLE: YES DEFINER: root@localhost SECURITY_TYPE: DEFINER CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT: cp850 COLLATION_CONNECTION: cp850_general_ci 1 row in set (0.00 sec)