Database INFORMATION_SCHEMA có bảng VIEWS chứa metadata của view. Ví dụ view Info:
Ví dụ
mysql> SELECT * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'Info' AND TABLE_SCHEMA = 'query'\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
TABLE_CATALOG: def
TABLE_SCHEMA: query
TABLE_NAME: info
VIEW_DEFINITION: select `query`.`student_info`.`id` AS `ID`, `query`.`student_info`.`Name` AS `NAME`, `query`.`student_info`.`Subject` AS `SUBJECT`, `query`.`student_info`.`Address` AS `ADDRESS` from `query`.`student_info`
CHECK_OPTION: NONE
IS_UPDATABLE: YES
DEFINER: root@localhost
SECURITY_TYPE: DEFINER
CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT: cp850
COLLATION_CONNECTION: cp850_general_ci
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Kết quả hiển thị định nghĩa view, tùy chọn CHECK, có thể cập nhật, definer, charset, collation...