# Performance Schema table\_handles Table

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The `table_handles` table is available from MariaDB 10.5.2.
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The `table_handles` table contains table lock information. It uses the `wait/lock/table/sql/handler` instrument, which is enabled by default.

Information includes which table handles are open, which sessions are holding the locks, and how they are locked.

The table is read-only, and [TRUNCATE TABLE](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/table-statements/truncate-table) cannot be performed on the table.

The maximum number of opened table objects is determined by the [performance\_schema\_max\_table\_handles](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/system-tables/performance-schema-system-variables#performance_schema_max_table_handles) system variable.

The table contains the following columns:

| Column                  | Description                                           |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| OBJECT\_TYPE            | The table opened by a table handle.                   |
| OBJECT\_SCHEMA          | The schema that contains the object.                  |
| OBJECT\_NAME            | The name of the instrumented object.                  |
| OBJECT\_INSTANCE\_BEGIN | The table handle address in memory.                   |
| OWNER\_THREAD\_ID       | The thread owning the table handle.                   |
| OWNER\_EVENT\_ID        | The event which caused the table handle to be opened. |
| INTERNAL\_LOCK          | The table lock used at the SQL level.                 |
| EXTERNAL\_LOCK          | The table lock used at the storage engine level.      |

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