| title | VIEWS (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs | ||
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| ms.date | 03/15/2017 | ||
| ms.prod | sql | ||
| ms.prod_service | database-engine, sql-database, sql-data-warehouse, pdw | ||
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| ms.technology | system-objects | ||
| ms.topic | language-reference | ||
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| ms.assetid | 6119bc94-0b22-45d4-a34b-967afd810a9d | ||
| author | CarlRabeler | ||
| ms.author | carlrab | ||
| monikerRange | >=aps-pdw-2016||=azuresqldb-current||=azure-sqldw-latest||>=sql-server-2016||=sqlallproducts-allversions||>=sql-server-linux-2017||=azuresqldb-mi-current |
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Returns one row for views that can be accessed by the current user in the current database.
To retrieve information from these views, specify the fully qualified name of INFORMATION_SCHEMA.view_name.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
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| TABLE_CATALOG | nvarchar(128) | View qualifier. |
| TABLE_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | Name of schema that contains the view. ** Important ** only reliable way to find the schema of a object is to query the sys.objects catalog view. |
| TABLE_NAME | nvarchar(128) | View name. |
| VIEW_DEFINITION | nvarchar(4000) | If the length of definition is larger than nvarchar(4000), this column is NULL. Otherwise, this column is the view definition text. |
| CHECK_OPTION | varchar(7) | Type of WITH CHECK OPTION. Is CASCADE if the original view was created by using the WITH CHECK OPTION. Otherwise, NONE is returned. |
| IS_UPDATABLE | varchar(2) | Specifies whether the view is updatable. Always returns NO. |
System Views (Transact-SQL)
Information Schema Views (Transact-SQL)
sys.sql_modules (Transact-SQL)
sys.views (Transact-SQL)