These tables contains information related to the stored programs, components and server-side plugins. The following main tables are used to store information:
- Component: Works as a registry for the server. The MySQL 8 server loads all the components listed by this table on server startup.
- Func: This table contains information related to all the user-defined functions (UDF). MySQL 8 will load all the UDFs listed in this table during server startup.
- Plugin: Contains the information related to the server-side plugins. The MySQL 8 server loads all the available plugins during startup.