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Viewing the Database Size and Identifying the Largest Table in MySQL

Tutorial August 12, 2024
mysql

  • table_name: The name of each table in the specified database.
  • ORDER BY (data_length + index_length) DESC: Orders the tables by size in descending order, so the largest appears first.
  • LIMIT 1: Limits the result to only the largest table.

This query will output the largest table in the specified database along with its size.