# Information Schema INNODB\_SYS\_COLUMNS Table

The [Information Schema](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/system-tables/information-schema) `INNODB_SYS_COLUMNS` table contains information about InnoDB fields.

The `PROCESS` [privilege](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/account-management-sql-statements/grant) is required to view the table.

It has the following columns:

| Column    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| TABLE\_ID | Table identifier, matching the value from [INNODB\_SYS\_TABLES.TABLE\_ID](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/system-tables/information-schema/information-schema-tables/information-schema-innodb-tables/information-schema-innodb_sys_tables-table). |
| NAME      | Column name.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| POS       | Ordinal position of the column in the table, starting from 0. This value is adjusted when columns are added or removed.                                                                                                                                      |
| MTYPE     | Numeric column type identifier, (see the table below for an explanation of its values).                                                                                                                                                                      |
| PRTYPE    | Binary value of the InnoDB precise type, representing the data type, character set code and nullability.                                                                                                                                                     |
| LEN       | Column length. For multi-byte character sets, represents the length in bytes.                                                                                                                                                                                |

The column `MTYPE` uses a numeric column type identifier, which has the following values:

| Column Type Identifier | Description                                                                                |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 1                      | [VARCHAR](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/varchar)  |
| 2                      | [CHAR](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/char)        |
| 3                      | FIXBINARY                                                                                  |
| 4                      | [BINARY](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/binary)    |
| 5                      | [BLOB](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/blob)        |
| 6                      | [INT](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/numeric-data-types/int)         |
| 7                      | SYS\_CHILD                                                                                 |
| 8                      | SYS                                                                                        |
| 9                      | [FLOAT](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/numeric-data-types/float)     |
| 10                     | [DOUBLE](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/numeric-data-types/double)   |
| 11                     | [DECIMAL](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/numeric-data-types/decimal) |
| 12                     | VARMYSQL                                                                                   |
| 13                     | MYSQL                                                                                      |

## Example

```sql
SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_COLUMNS LIMIT 3\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
TABLE_ID: 11
    NAME: ID
     POS: 0
   MTYPE: 1
  PRTYPE: 524292
     LEN: 0
*************************** 2. row ***************************
TABLE_ID: 11
    NAME: FOR_NAME 
     POS: 0
   MTYPE: 1
  PRTYPE: 524292
    LEN: 0
*************************** 3. row ***************************
TABLE_ID: 11
    NAME: REF_NAME 
     POS: 0
   MTYPE: 1
  PRTYPE: 524292
     LEN: 0
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
```

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