The INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS Table : INFORMATION_SCHEMA « Data Dictionary « MySQL Tutorial

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The VIEWS table provides information about views in databases. You must have the SHOW VIEW privilege to access this table.

mysql> desc INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS;
+-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field           | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| TABLE_CATALOG   | varchar(512) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| TABLE_SCHEMA    | varchar(64)  | NO   |     |         |       |
| TABLE_NAME      | varchar(64)  | NO   |     |         |       |
| VIEW_DEFINITION | longtext     | NO   |     |         |       |
| CHECK_OPTION    | varchar(8)   | NO   |     |         |       |
| IS_UPDATABLE    | varchar(3)   | NO   |     |         |       |
| DEFINER         | varchar(77)  | NO   |     |         |       |
| SECURITY_TYPE   | varchar(7)   | NO   |     |         |       |
+-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
8 rows in set (0.02 sec)