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# VIEWS (Transact-SQL)
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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|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**TABLE_CATALOG**|**nvarchar(**128**)**|View qualifier.|  
|**TABLE_SCHEMA**|**nvarchar(**128**)**|Name of schema that contains the view.<br /><br /> **&#42;&#42; Important &#42;&#42;**  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.|  
  
## See Also  
 [System Views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/35a6161d-7f43-4e00-bcd3-3091f2015e90)   
 [Information Schema Views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](~/relational-databases/system-information-schema-views/system-information-schema-views-transact-sql.md)   
 [sys.sql_modules &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-sql-modules-transact-sql.md)   
 [sys.views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-views-transact-sql.md)