Information Schema USER_PRIVILEGES Table

The Information Schema USER_PRIVILEGES table contains global user privilege information derived from the mysql.user grant table.

It contains the following columns:

Column Description
GRANTEE In the format user_name@host_name.
TABLE_CATALOG Always def.
PRIVILEGE_TYPE The specific privilege, for example SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE or REFERENCES.
IS_GRANTABLE Whether the user has the GRANT OPTION for this privilege.

Similar information can be accessed with the SHOW GRANTS statement. See the GRANT article for more about privileges.

This information is also stored in the user table, in the mysql system database.

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