Get record counts for all tables in MySQL database

Question

Is there a way to get the count of rows in all tables in a MySQL database without running a SELECT count() on each table?

Answer 1

Try this code:

SELECT SUM(TABLE_ROWS)

 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES      WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = '{your_db}';

 For InnoDB tables, the row count is only a rough estimate used in SQL optimization.

For exact counts, you can use COUNT(*). But, for InnoDBtables row count is not exactly matched in SQL optimization.

For more information, you can refer to this DOCS.