select * from performance_schema.users limit 1; select * from performance_schema.users where user='FOO'; insert into performance_schema.users set user='FOO', current_connections=1, total_connections=2; ERROR 42000: INSERT command denied to user 'root'@'localhost' for table `performance_schema`.`users` update performance_schema.users set current_connections=12; ERROR 42000: UPDATE command denied to user 'root'@'localhost' for table `performance_schema`.`users` update performance_schema.users set current_connections=12 where user like "FOO"; ERROR 42000: UPDATE command denied to user 'root'@'localhost' for table `performance_schema`.`users` delete from performance_schema.users where total_connections=1; ERROR 42000: DELETE command denied to user 'root'@'localhost' for table `performance_schema`.`users` delete from performance_schema.users; ERROR 42000: DELETE command denied to user 'root'@'localhost' for table `performance_schema`.`users` LOCK TABLES performance_schema.users READ; ERROR 42000: SELECT, LOCK TABLES command denied to user 'root'@'localhost' for table `performance_schema`.`users` UNLOCK TABLES; LOCK TABLES performance_schema.users WRITE; ERROR 42000: SELECT, LOCK TABLES command denied to user 'root'@'localhost' for table `performance_schema`.`users` UNLOCK TABLES; # # MDEV-25325 column_comment for performance_schema tables # select column_name, column_comment from information_schema.columns where table_schema='performance_schema' and table_name='users'; column_name column_comment USER The connection's client user name for the connection, or NULL if an internal thread. CURRENT_CONNECTIONS Current connections for the user. TOTAL_CONNECTIONS Total connections for the user.