Refresh privilege data after direct system-table changes.

Section: grants and roles

Reload grant tables

sql
sql
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Explanation

Usually unnecessary when using `CREATE USER`, `GRANT`, or `REVOKE`, but sometimes seen in legacy workflows.

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