[HACKERS] Make SHOW command subqueriable?

[Christopher Kings-Lynne]

Is this a neat idea?

SELECT * FROM (SHOW ALL);

eg.

SELECT * FROM tab WHERE character_length(f) > (SHOW block_size);

etc.

Chris

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