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Getting Server Metadata

       
Statement                 Information produced by statement
SELECT VERSION( )         Server version string
SELECT DATABASE( )        Current database name (empty if none)
SELECT USER( )            Current username
SHOW STATUS               Server status indicators
SHOW VARIABLES            Server configuration variables








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