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# SCHEMATA (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]

  Returns one row for each schema in the current database. To retrieve information from these views, specify the fully qualified name of **INFORMATION_SCHEMA.***view_name*. To retrieve information about all databases in an instance of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)], query the [sys.databases (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-databases-transact-sql.md) catalog view.  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**CATALOG_NAME**|**sysname**|Name of current database|  
|**SCHEMA_NAME**|**nvarchar(**128**)**|Returns the name of the schema.|  
|**SCHEMA_OWNER**|**nvarchar(**128**)**|Schema owner name.<br /><br /> **\*\* Important \*\*** Do not use INFORMATION_SCHEMA views to determine the schema of an object. The only reliable way to find the schema of an object is to query the sys.objects catalog view.|  
|**DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_CATALOG**|**varchar(**6**)**|Always returns NULL.|  
|**DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_SCHEMA**|**varchar(**3**)**|Always returns NULL.|  
|**DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME**|**sysname**|Returns the name of the default character set.|  
  
## See Also  
 [System Views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](http://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.databases &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-databases-transact-sql.md)   
 [sys.schemas &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/schemas-catalog-views-sys-schemas.md)   
 [sys.syscharsets &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-compatibility-views/sys-syscharsets-transact-sql.md)