Quickly Troubleshoot Metadata Locks in MySQL 5.7
In a previous article, Ovais demonstrated how a DDL can render a table blocked from new queries. In another article, Valerii introduced performance_schema.metadata_locks, which is available in MySQL 5.7 and exposes metadata lock details. Given this information, here’s a quick way to troubleshoot metadata locks by creating a stored procedure that can:
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