4808 The INFORMATION_SCHEMA PLUGINS Table PARTITION_DESCRIPTION  columns are all  NULL . Also, the  PARTITION_COMMENT  column in this case is blank. The  PLUGINS  table provides information about server plugins. The  PLUGINS  table has these columns: The name used to refer to the plugin in statements such as  INSTALL PLUGIN  and  UNINSTALL PLUGIN . The version from the plugin’s general type descriptor. The plugin status, one of  ACTIVE ,  INACTIVE ,  DISABLED ,  DELETING , or  DELETED . The type of plugin, such as  STORAGE ENGINE ,  INFORMATION_SCHEMA , or  AUTHENTICATION . The version from the plugin’s type-specific descriptor. The name of the plugin shared library file. This is the name used to refer to the plugin file in statements such as  INSTALL PLUGIN  and  UNINSTALL PLUGIN . This file is located in the directory named by the  plugin_dir  system variable. If the library name is  NULL , the plugin is compiled in and cannot be uninstalled with  UNINSTALL PLUGIN . The plugin API interface version. The plugin author. • PLUGIN_DESCRIPTION • PLUGIN_AUTHOR • PLUGIN_LIBRARY_VERSION • PLUGIN_LIBRARY • PLUGIN_TYPE_VERSION • PLUGIN_TYPE • PLUGIN_STATUS • PLUGIN_VERSION • PLUGIN_NAME •The  PARTITION_EXPRESSION  and  PARTITION_COMMENT  columns are empty. •The  NODEGROUP  column is  default . •The  PARTITION_METHOD  is always  AUTO . •An  NDB  table which is not explicitly partitioned has one row in the  PARTITIONS  table for each data node in the NDB cluster. For each such row: •The  SUBPARTITION_NAME ,  SUBPARTITION_ORDINAL_POSITION ,  SUBPARTITION_METHOD , PARTITION_EXPRESSION ,  SUBPARTITION_EXPRESSION ,  CREATE_TIME ,  UPDATE_TIME , CHECK_TIME ,  CHECKSUM , and  TABLESPACE_NAME  columns are all  NULL . 26.3.22 The INFORMATION_SCHEMA PLUGINS Table