Reference: FeatureBase system tables
At a high-level, FeatureBase system tables:
- describe database configuration, settings and metrics
- are logical and in-memory tables, dynamically created on database creation
The only exception is fb_views which is automatically created when a user runs the CREATE VIEW statement
Table of contents
System Database tables
| System table | Description | Additional information |
fb_views | Contains a catalog of existing views in the database | Created when one or more views are created |
fb_database_info | Contains properties and state of each database in the system | One database per row |
fb_database_nodes | Lists database nodes or *Serverless database state and worker connectivity | Learn about Cloud Serverless databases |
fb_performance_counters | Contains metrics on database nodes and database workers | |
System DDL tables
| System table | Description | Additional information |
fb_table_ddl | Contains DDL (Data Definition Language) to recreate user tables in the existing database | INSERT statements are not included |
Query tables
| System table | Description | Additional information |
fb_exec_requests | Contains a log of SQL queries executed (and executing) by database node | fb_exec_requests additional |
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fb_exec_requests additional
fb_exec_requests keeps only the latest 2000 records (queries)fb_exec_requests.sql and fb_exec_requexts.plan are limited to 4000 characters.
Query status
The status column represents the execution status of the query, possible values are:
| Status | Description |
| running | Query execution is in progress |
| complete | Query execution completed |
| cancelled | Query cancelled by user |
| error | Query execution stopped after error |
| timedout | Query execution stopped after exceeding execution time limit |