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Top 10 largest tables in a MySQL database
-- Top 10 largest tables in a MySQL database
-- MySQL 5.7.29
SELECT
table_schema AS `Database`,
table_name AS `Table`,
ROUND((data_length + index_length) / 1024 / 1024, 2) AS `Size (MB)`,
ROUND(data_length / 1024 / 1024, 2) AS `Data Size (MB)`,
ROUND(index_length / 1024 / 1024, 2) AS `Index Size (MB)`,
table_rows as 'Rows'
FROM
information_schema.tables
WHERE
-- table_schema = 'my_database' AND table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
-- table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
table_schema NOT IN ('mysql', 'information_schema', 'performance_schema', 'sys')
ORDER BY
(data_length + index_length) DESC
LIMIT 10;
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