#### 13.7.7.7 SHOW CREATE EVENT Statement

```
SHOW CREATE EVENT event_name
```

 This statement displays the [`CREATE EVENT`](create-event.html) statement needed to re-create a given event. It requires the [`EVENT`](privileges-provided.html#priv_event) privilege for the database from which the event is to be shown. For example (using the same event `e_daily` defined and then altered in [Section 13.7.7.18, “SHOW EVENTS Statement”](show-events.html)):

```
mysql> SHOW CREATE EVENT myschema.e_daily\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
               Event: e_daily
            sql_mode: ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,
                      NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,
                      ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,
                      NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
           time_zone: SYSTEM
        Create Event: CREATE DEFINER=`jon`@`ghidora` EVENT `e_daily`
                        ON SCHEDULE EVERY 1 DAY
                        STARTS CURRENT_TIMESTAMP + INTERVAL 6 HOUR
                        ON COMPLETION NOT PRESERVE
                        ENABLE
                        COMMENT 'Saves total number of sessions then
                                clears the table each day'
                        DO BEGIN
                          INSERT INTO site_activity.totals (time, total)
                            SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, COUNT(*)
                              FROM site_activity.sessions;
                          DELETE FROM site_activity.sessions;
                        END
character_set_client: utf8mb4
collation_connection: utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci
  Database Collation: utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci
```

`character_set_client` is the session value of the [`character_set_client`](server-system-variables.html#sysvar_character_set_client) system variable when the event was created. `collation_connection` is the session value of the [`collation_connection`](server-system-variables.html#sysvar_collation_connection) system variable when the event was created. `Database Collation` is the collation of the database with which the event is associated.

 The output reflects the current status of the event (`ENABLE`) rather than the status with which it was created.

