SESSION_CONNECT_ATTRS

The SESSION_CONNECT_ATTRS table provides information about connection attributes. Session attributes are key-value pairs that are sent by the client when establishing a connection.

Common attributes:

You can view the columns of the SESSION_CONNECT_ATTRS table as follows:

USE performance_schema;
DESCRIBE session_connect_attrs;

+------------------+---------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field            | Type                | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+------------------+---------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| PROCESSLIST_ID   | bigint(20) unsigned | NO   |     | NULL    |       |
| ATTR_NAME        | varchar(32)         | NO   |     | NULL    |       |
| ATTR_VALUE       | varchar(1024)       | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| ORDINAL_POSITION | int(11)             | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+------------------+---------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

You can view the information on session attributes stored in the SESSION_CONNECT_ATTRS table as follows:

USE performance_schema;
TABLE SESSION_CONNECT_ATTRS;

+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------------+
| PROCESSLIST_ID | ATTR_NAME       | ATTR_VALUE | ORDINAL_POSITION |
+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------------+
|        2097154 | _client_name    | libmysql   |                0 |
|        2097154 | _client_version | 8.4.0      |                1 |
|        2097154 | _os             | Linux      |                2 |
|        2097154 | _pid            | 1299203    |                3 |
|        2097154 | _platform       | x86_64     |                4 |
|        2097154 | program_name    | mysqlsh    |                5 |
+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------------+

Fields in the SESSION_CONNECT_ATTRS table are described as follows:

• PROCESSLIST_ID: Processlist ID of the session.
• ATTR_NAME: Attribute name.
• ATTR_VALUE: Attribute value.
• ORDINAL_POSITION: Ordinal position of the name/value pair.