Information Schema PARAMETERS Table

The Information Schema PARAMETERS table stores information about stored procedures and stored functions parameters.

It contains the following columns:

Column	Description
Column	Description
SPECIFIC_CATALOG	Always def.
SPECIFIC_SCHEMA	Database name containing the stored routine parameter.
SPECIFIC_NAME	Stored routine name.
ORDINAL_POSITION	Ordinal position of the parameter, starting at 1. 0 for a function RETURNS clause.
PARAMETER_MODE	One of IN, OUT, INOUT or NULL for RETURNS.
PARAMETER_NAME	Name of the parameter, or NULL for RETURNS.
DATA_TYPE	The column's data type.
CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH	Maximum length.
CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH	Same as the CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH except for multi-byte character sets.
NUMERIC_PRECISION	For numeric types, the precision (number of significant digits) for the column. NULL if not a numeric field.
NUMERIC_SCALE	For numeric types, the scale (significant digits to the right of the decimal point). NULL if not a numeric field.
DATETIME_PRECISION	Fractional-seconds precision, or NULL if not a time data type.
CHARACTER_SET_NAME	Character set if a non-binary string data type, otherwise NULL.
COLLATION_NAME	Collation if a non-binary string data type, otherwise NULL.
DTD_IDENTIFIER	Description of the data type.
ROUTINE_TYPE	PROCEDURE or FUNCTION.

Information from this table is similar to that found in the param_list column in the mysql.proc table, and the output of the SHOW CREATE PROCEDURE and SHOW CREATE FUNCTION statements.

To obtain information about the routine itself, you can query the Information Schema ROUTINES table.

Example

SELECT * FROM information_schema.PARAMETERS
LIMIT 1 \G
********************** 1. row **********************
        SPECIFIC_CATALOG: def
         SPECIFIC_SCHEMA: accounts
           SPECIFIC_NAME: user_counts
        ORDINAL_POSITION: 1
          PARAMETER_MODE: IN
          PARAMETER_NAME: user_order
               DATA_TYPE: varchar
CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH: 255
  CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH: 765
       NUMERIC_PRECISION: NULL
           NUMERIC_SCALE: NULL
      DATETIME_PRECISION: NULL
      CHARACTER_SET_NAME: utf8
          COLLATION_NAME: utf8_general_ci
          DTD_IDENTIFIER: varchar(255)
            ROUTINE_TYPE: PROCEDURE

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