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Viewing the Database Size and Identifying the Largest Table in MySQL

Tutorial August 12, 2024
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  • information_schema.tables: This system table stores metadata about tables in all databases.
  • table_schema: Represents the database name.
  • data_length and index_length: Represent the size of the table data and indexes, respectively.
  • ROUND(..., 2): Rounds the result to two decimal places for readability.
  • GROUP BY table_schema: Groups results by database name to aggregate sizes.

This query will output the size of the specified database in megabytes (MB).

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