SELECT EVENT_ID FROM performance_schema.events_waits_current WHERE THREAD_ID IN (SELECT THREAD_ID FROM performance_schema.threads) AND EVENT_NAME IN (SELECT NAME FROM performance_schema.setup_instruments WHERE NAME LIKE "wait/synch/%") LIMIT 1; create table test.t1(a int) engine=performance_schema; ERROR HY000: Can't create table 'test.t1' (errno: 131 "Command not supported by database") create table test.t1 like performance_schema.events_waits_current; ERROR HY000: Can't create table 'test.t1' (errno: 131 "Command not supported by database") create table performance_schema.t1(a int); ERROR 42000: CREATE command denied to user 'root'@'localhost' for table 't1' drop table if exists test.ghost; create table test.ghost (a int, b int); alter table test.ghost add index index_a(a); alter table test.ghost add index index_b(b); insert into test.ghost values (1, 3); insert into test.ghost values (2, 4); select * from test.ghost; a b 1 3 2 4 drop table test.ghost; select * from performance_schema.file_instances where file_name like "%ghost%"; FILE_NAME EVENT_NAME OPEN_COUNT select * from performance_schema.no_such_table; ERROR 42S02: Table 'performance_schema.no_such_table' doesn't exist