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    information_schema.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE

    Last Updated:2026-05-07 11:26:24  Updated
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    This view is available starting with V1.4.

    Purpose

    This view displays the constraint information of keys in a column.

    Columns

    Column Type Nullable Description
    CONSTRAINT_CATALOG varchar(3) NO Fixed value (def).
    CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA varchar(128) NO The name of the database.
    CONSTRAINT_NAME varchar(7) NO The name of the constraint, which can be PRIMARY, the name of a column, or the name of a foreign key.
    TABLE_CATALOG varchar(3) NO The table catalog.
    TABLE_SCHEMA varchar(128) NO The name of the database.
    TABLE_NAME varchar(256) NO The name of the table.
    COLUMN_NAME varchar(128) NO The name of the column.
    ORDINAL_POSITION bigint(20) NO The order of the column in the primary key constraint, starting from 1.
    POSITION_IN_UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT null NO For unique and primary key constraints, this column indicates the order of the current column in the constraint definition. For foreign key constraints, this column indicates the order of the key in the referenced table.
    REFERENCED_TABLE_SCHEMA varchar(128) NO Default value: NULL.
    REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME varchar(256) NO Default value: NULL.
    REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME varchar(128) NO Default value: NULL.

    Sample query

    Query the constraint information of keys in the tbl4 table.

    obclient [oceanbase]> SELECT * FROM information_schema.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE WHERE TABLE_NAME='tbl4';
    

    The query result is as follows:

    +--------------------+-------------------+----------------------------+---------------+--------------+------------+-------------+------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
    | CONSTRAINT_CATALOG | CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA | CONSTRAINT_NAME            | TABLE_CATALOG | TABLE_SCHEMA | TABLE_NAME | COLUMN_NAME | ORDINAL_POSITION | POSITION_IN_UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT | REFERENCED_TABLE_SCHEMA | REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME | REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME |
    +--------------------+-------------------+----------------------------+---------------+--------------+------------+-------------+------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
    | def                | infotest          | tbl4_OBFK_1736909788672362 | def           | infotest     | tbl4       | col2        |                1 |                             1 | infotest                | tbl2                  | col1                   |
    +--------------------+-------------------+----------------------------+---------------+--------------+------------+-------------+------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
    1 row in set
    

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