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SHOW ENCRYPTKEY

Description​

View all custom keys under the database. If the user specifies a database, check the corresponding database, otherwise directly query the database where the current session is located.

Requires ADMIN privilege on this database

grammar:

SHOW ENCRYPTKEYS [IN|FROM db] [LIKE 'key_pattern']

parameter

db: database name to query key_pattern: parameter used to filter key names

Example​

   mysql> SHOW ENCRYPTKEYS;
+-------------------+-------------------+
| EncryptKey Name | EncryptKey String |
+-------------------+-------------------+
| example_db.my_key | ABCD123456789 |
+-------------------+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SHOW ENCRYPTKEYS FROM example_db LIKE "%my%";
+-------------------+-------------------+
| EncryptKey Name | EncryptKey String |
+-------------------+-------------------+
| example_db.my_key | ABCD123456789 |
+-------------------+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Keywords​

SHOW, ENCRYPT, KEY

Best Practice​