Where is the MySQL table data stored in Windows?

In order to know the location of MySQL table data, you can use the below syntax −

select @@datadir;

You can also use SHOW VARIABLES command for this. Following is the syntax −

show variables where Variable_name ='datadir';

Let us implement the above syntaxes to know where MySQL table stores data −

mysql> select @@datadir;

This will produce the following output −

+---------------------------------------------+
| @@datadir                                   |
+---------------------------------------------+
| C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\Data\ |
+---------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the alternate query to know where MySQL table data stored −

mysql> show variables where Variable_name ='datadir';

This will produce the following output −

+---------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value                                       |
+---------------+---------------------------------------------+
| datadir       | C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\Data\ |
+---------------+---------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.23 sec)

Now follow the above path to reach where MySQL table is stored. Following is the screenshot displaying the location for tables −

Samual Sam

Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:25

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