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    Query session variables

    Last Updated:2023-08-04 08:22:14  Updated
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    Session variables are classified into system variables and user variables. This topic describes how to query the session variables of a client session on OceanBase Database Proxy (ODP).

    View the session variables of a specified client session

    You can use the SHOW PROXYSESSION VARIABLES [all] id [like 'xx'] statement to query the variables of a client session.

    • If the all parameter is not used in the statement, the local session variables of the specified client session, including modified system and user variables, are returned.

    • If the all parameter is used in the statement, all session variables of the specified client session, including all system and user variables, all system and user variables, are returned.

    Parameters:

    • In the statement, id can be replaced with cs_id or connection_id. These parameters are equivalent.

    • cs_id indicates the ID of a client session in ODP. connection_id indicates the ID of a client session in OceanBase Database. For more information about CONNECTION_ID, see CONNECTION_ID.

    • The like section supports fuzzy match. Supported wildcard characters are the percent sign (%) and the underscore (_).

    Sample code:

    obclient> SHOW PROXYSESSION VARIABLES 3;
    +-----------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+--------------------+--------------------------------------------+
    | variable_name                     | value            | info            | modified_type      | sys_variable_flag                          |
    +-----------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+--------------------+--------------------------------------------+
    | ob_proxy_global_variables_version | 1461742173142100 | changed sys var | cold modified vars |  && invisible && session_scope && readonly |
    | ob_proxy_user_privilege           | 65534            | changed sys var | cold modified vars |  && invisible && session_scope && readonly |
    +-----------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+--------------------+--------------------------------------------+
    2 rows in set
    
    obclient> SHOW PROXYSESSION VARIABLES 2147549231;
    +-----------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+--------------------+--------------------------------------------+
    | variable_name                     | value            | info            | modified_type      | sys_variable_flag                          |
    +-----------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+--------------------+--------------------------------------------+
    | ob_proxy_global_variables_version | 1461742173142100 | changed sys var | cold modified vars |  && invisible && session_scope && readonly |
    | ob_proxy_user_privilege           | 65534            | changed sys var | cold modified vars |  && invisible && session_scope && readonly |
    +-----------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+--------------------+--------------------------------------------+
    2 rows in set
    
    obclient> SHOW PROXYSESSION VARIABLES all 3;
    +-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
    | variable_name                     | value                                                                                                | info    | modified_type                | sys_variable_flag                             |
    +-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
    | ob_proxy_global_variables_version | 1461742173142100                                                                                     | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && invisible && session_scope && readonly    |
    | ob_proxy_user_privilege           | 65534                                                                                                | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && invisible && session_scope && readonly    |
    | autocommit                        | 1                                                                                                    | sys var | hot modified vars            |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | auto_increment_increment          | 1                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | auto_increment_offset             | 1                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | binlog_row_image                  | 2                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | character_set_client              | 45                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && nullable |
    | character_set_connection          | 45                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && nullable |
    | character_set_database            | 45                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && nullable |
    | character_set_filesystem          | 63                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && nullable |
    | character_set_results             | 45                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && nullable |
    | character_set_server              | 45                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && nullable |
    | character_set_system              | 45                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && readonly |
    | collation_connection              | 45                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && nullable |
    | collation_database                | 45                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && nullable |
    | collation_server                  | 45                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && nullable |
    | connect_timeout                   | 10                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope                              |
    | datadir                           | /usr/local/mysql/data/                                                                               | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && readonly                  |
    | debug_sync                        |                                                                                                      | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && invisible && session_scope                |
    | div_precision_increment           | 4                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | explicit_defaults_for_timestamp   | 1                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | group_concat_max_len              | 1024                                                                                                 | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | identity                          | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && session_scope                             |
    | init_connect                      |                                                                                                      | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope                              |
    | interactive_timeout               | 28800                                                                                                | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | last_insert_id                    | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | last insert id modified vars |  && session_scope                             |
    | license                           |                                                                                                      | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && readonly                  |
    | lower_case_table_names            | 2                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && readonly                  |
    | max_allowed_packet                | 4194304                                                                                              | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && readonly |
    | max_user_connections              | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope && readonly |
    | net_read_timeout                  | 30                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | net_write_timeout                 | 60                                                                                                   | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | ob_bnl_join_cache_size            | 10485760                                                                                             | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | ob_enable_aggregation_pushdown    | 1                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | ob_enable_index_direct_select     | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | ob_enable_plan_cache              | 1                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | ob_enable_show_trace               | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | ob_enable_transformation          | 1                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | ob_global_debug_sync              |                                                                                                      | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && invisible && session_scope                |
    | ob_interm_result_mem_limit        | 2147483648                                                                                           | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | ob_last_schema_version            | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | hot modified vars            |  && session_scope                             |
    | ob_log_level                      | disabled                                                                                             | sys var | hot modified vars            |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | ob_org_cluster_id                 | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && session_scope                             |
    | ob_proxy_partition_hit            | 1                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && invisible && session_scope && readonly    |
    | ob_proxy_set_trx_executed         | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && invisible && session_scope && readonly    |
    | ob_query_timeout                  | 10000000                                                                                             | sys var | hot modified vars            |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | ob_read_consistency               | 3                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | ob_trx_timeout                    | 100000000                                                                                            | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | read_only                         | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope                              |
    | sql_auto_is_null                  | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | sql_mode                          | 4194304                                                                                              | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | sql_select_limit                  | 9223372036854775807                                                                                  | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | sql_warnings                      | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | timestamp                         | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && session_scope                             |
    | time_zone                         | +8:00                                                                                                | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | tx_isolation                      | READ-COMMITTED                                                                                       | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | tx_read_only                      | 0                                                                                                    | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    | version                           | 1.0.6                                                                                                | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && readonly                  |
    | version_comment                   | OceanBase 1.0.6 (r57980-local-f70f8267c28da07e638b124c6909e18883fb98c0) (Built Apr 27 2016 14:32:24) | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && readonly                  |
    | wait_timeout                      | 28800                                                                                                | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && global_scope && session_scope             |
    +-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
    64 rows in set
    
    obclient> SHOW PROXYSESSION VARIABLES all 2147549231 like "%id%";
    +-------------------+-------+---------+------------------------------+-------------------+
    | variable_name     | value | info    | modified_type                | sys_variable_flag |
    +-------------------+-------+---------+------------------------------+-------------------+
    | identity          | 0     | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && session_scope |
    | last_insert_id    | 0     | sys var | last insert id modified vars |  && session_scope |
    | ob_org_cluster_id | 0     | sys var | cold modified vars           |  && session_scope |
    +-------------------+-------+---------+------------------------------+-------------------+
    3 rows in set
    

    The following table describes the fields in the returned result.

    Field Description
    variable_name The name of the variable.
    value The value of the variable.
    info The type of the variable. A variable can be a system variable or a user variable.
    modified_type The modification type of the variable identified based on the modification frequency.
    sys_variable_flag The scope of the system variable.

    More information

    For more information about system variables, see Overview of system variables.

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