If you’re trying to run SHOW LOCALES but it’s not working, it’s probably because the LOCALES plugin hasn’t been installed yet. Installing that plugin should hopefully fix the problem.
The Error
If the LOCALES plugin hasn’t been installed, running SHOW LOCALES will result in an error.
Like this:
SHOW LOCALES;Result:
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'LOCALES' at line 1
The Solution
You need to install the LOCALES plugin. This plugin creates the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.LOCALES table and populates it with the locales.
Run this to install the LOCALES plugin:
INSTALL SONAME 'locales';You can alternatively use the INSTALL PLUGIN syntax.
It’s also possible to install this plugin when the server starts up. You can do this by passing the --plugin-load or the --plugin-load-add command-line arguments to mysqld, or providing them in the relevant server option group in an option file.
Now, running SHOW LOCALES should return the expected results:
SHOW LOCALES;Result:
+-----+-------+-------------------------------------+------------------------+ | Id | Name | Description | Error_Message_Language | +-----+-------+-------------------------------------+------------------------+ | 0 | en_US | English - United States | english | | 1 | en_GB | English - United Kingdom | english | | 2 | ja_JP | Japanese - Japan | japanese | | 3 | sv_SE | Swedish - Sweden | swedish | | 4 | de_DE | German - Germany | german | | 5 | fr_FR | French - France | french | | 6 | ar_AE | Arabic - United Arab Emirates | english | | 7 | ar_BH | Arabic - Bahrain | english | | 8 | ar_JO | Arabic - Jordan | english | | 9 | ar_SA | Arabic - Saudi Arabia | english | | 10 | ar_SY | Arabic - Syria | english | | 11 | be_BY | Belarusian - Belarus | english | | 12 | bg_BG | Bulgarian - Bulgaria | english | | 13 | ca_ES | Catalan - Catalan | english | | 14 | cs_CZ | Czech - Czech Republic | czech | | 15 | da_DK | Danish - Denmark | danish | | 16 | de_AT | German - Austria | german | | 17 | es_ES | Spanish - Spain | spanish | | 18 | et_EE | Estonian - Estonia | estonian | | 19 | eu_ES | Basque - Basque | english | | 20 | fi_FI | Finnish - Finland | english | | 21 | fo_FO | Faroese - Faroe Islands | english | | 22 | gl_ES | Galician - Galician | english | | 23 | gu_IN | Gujarati - India | english | | 24 | he_IL | Hebrew - Israel | english | | 25 | hi_IN | Hindi - India | hindi | | 26 | hr_HR | Croatian - Croatia | english | | 27 | hu_HU | Hungarian - Hungary | hungarian | | 28 | id_ID | Indonesian - Indonesia | english | | 29 | is_IS | Icelandic - Iceland | english | | 30 | it_CH | Italian - Switzerland | italian | | 31 | ko_KR | Korean - Korea | korean | | 32 | lt_LT | Lithuanian - Lithuania | english | | 33 | lv_LV | Latvian - Latvia | english | | 34 | mk_MK | Macedonian - FYROM | english | | 35 | mn_MN | Mongolia - Mongolian | english | | 36 | ms_MY | Malay - Malaysia | english | | 37 | nb_NO | Norwegian(Bokml) - Norway | norwegian | | 38 | nl_NL | Dutch - The Netherlands | dutch | | 39 | pl_PL | Polish - Poland | polish | | 40 | pt_BR | Portuguese - Brazil | portuguese | | 41 | pt_PT | Portuguese - Portugal | portuguese | | 42 | ro_RO | Romanian - Romania | romanian | | 43 | ru_RU | Russian - Russia | russian | | 44 | ru_UA | Russian - Ukraine | russian | | 45 | sk_SK | Slovak - Slovakia | slovak | | 46 | sl_SI | Slovenian - Slovenia | english | | 47 | sq_AL | Albanian - Albania | english | | 48 | sr_RS | Serbian - Serbia | serbian | | 49 | ta_IN | Tamil - India | english | | 50 | te_IN | Telugu - India | english | | 51 | th_TH | Thai - Thailand | english | | 52 | tr_TR | Turkish - Turkey | english | | 53 | uk_UA | Ukrainian - Ukraine | ukrainian | | 54 | ur_PK | Urdu - Pakistan | english | | 55 | vi_VN | Vietnamese - Vietnam | english | | 56 | zh_CN | Chinese - Peoples Republic of China | english | | 57 | zh_TW | Chinese - Taiwan | english | | 58 | ar_DZ | Arabic - Algeria | english | | 59 | ar_EG | Arabic - Egypt | english | | 60 | ar_IN | Arabic - Iran | english | | 61 | ar_IQ | Arabic - Iraq | english | | 62 | ar_KW | Arabic - Kuwait | english | | 63 | ar_LB | Arabic - Lebanon | english | | 64 | ar_LY | Arabic - Libya | english | | 65 | ar_MA | Arabic - Morocco | english | | 66 | ar_OM | Arabic - Oman | english | | 67 | ar_QA | Arabic - Qatar | english | | 68 | ar_SD | Arabic - Sudan | english | | 69 | ar_TN | Arabic - Tunisia | english | | 70 | ar_YE | Arabic - Yemen | english | | 71 | de_BE | German - Belgium | german | | 72 | de_CH | German - Switzerland | german | | 73 | de_LU | German - Luxembourg | german | | 74 | en_AU | English - Australia | english | | 75 | en_CA | English - Canada | english | | 76 | en_IN | English - India | english | | 77 | en_NZ | English - New Zealand | english | | 78 | en_PH | English - Philippines | english | | 79 | en_ZA | English - South Africa | english | | 80 | en_ZW | English - Zimbabwe | english | | 81 | es_AR | Spanish - Argentina | spanish | | 82 | es_BO | Spanish - Bolivia | spanish | | 83 | es_CL | Spanish - Chile | spanish | | 84 | es_CO | Spanish - Columbia | spanish | | 85 | es_CR | Spanish - Costa Rica | spanish | | 86 | es_DO | Spanish - Dominican Republic | spanish | | 87 | es_EC | Spanish - Ecuador | spanish | | 88 | es_GT | Spanish - Guatemala | spanish | | 89 | es_HN | Spanish - Honduras | spanish | | 90 | es_MX | Spanish - Mexico | spanish | | 91 | es_NI | Spanish - Nicaragua | spanish | | 92 | es_PA | Spanish - Panama | spanish | | 93 | es_PE | Spanish - Peru | spanish | | 94 | es_PR | Spanish - Puerto Rico | spanish | | 95 | es_PY | Spanish - Paraguay | spanish | | 96 | es_SV | Spanish - El Salvador | spanish | | 97 | es_US | Spanish - United States | spanish | | 98 | es_UY | Spanish - Uruguay | spanish | | 99 | es_VE | Spanish - Venezuela | spanish | | 100 | fr_BE | French - Belgium | french | | 101 | fr_CA | French - Canada | french | | 102 | fr_CH | French - Switzerland | french | | 103 | fr_LU | French - Luxembourg | french | | 104 | it_IT | Italian - Italy | italian | | 105 | nl_BE | Dutch - Belgium | dutch | | 106 | no_NO | Norwegian - Norway | norwegian | | 107 | sv_FI | Swedish - Finland | swedish | | 108 | zh_HK | Chinese - Hong Kong SAR | english | | 109 | el_GR | Greek - Greece | greek | | 110 | rm_CH | Romansh - Switzerland | english | +-----+-------+-------------------------------------+------------------------+
Uninstall the LOCALES Plugin
If you need to uninstall the LOCALES plugin, you can do it with the following command:
UNINSTALL SONAME 'locales';