Information Functions
TiDB supports most of the information functions available in MySQL 5.7.
Supported functions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
BENCHMARK() | Execute an expression in a loop |
CONNECTION_ID() | Return the connection ID (thread ID) for the connection |
CURRENT_USER(), CURRENT_USER | Return the authenticated user name and host name |
DATABASE() | Return the default (current) database name |
FOUND_ROWS() | For a SELECT with a LIMIT clause, the number of the rows that are returned if there is no LIMIT clause |
LAST_INSERT_ID() | Return the value of the AUTOINCREMENT column for the last INSERT |
ROW_COUNT() | The number of rows affected |
SCHEMA() | Synonym for DATABASE() |
SESSION_USER() | Synonym for USER() |
SYSTEM_USER() | Synonym for USER() |
USER() | Return the user name and host name provided by the client |
VERSION() | Return a string that indicates the MySQL server version |
TIDB_VERSION() | Return a string that indicates the TiDB server version |
Unsupported functions
CHARSET()COERCIBILITY()COLLATION()