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# COLUMN_PRIVILEGES (Transact-SQL)
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Returns one row for each column that has a privilege that is either granted to or granted 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|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|**GRANTOR**|**nvarchar(**128**)**|Privilege grantor.|
|**GRANTEE**|**nvarchar(**128**)**|Privilege grantee.|
|**TABLE_CATALOG**|**nvarchar(**128**)**|Table qualifier.|
|**TABLE_SCHEMA**|**nvarchar(**128**)**|Name of schema that contains the table.
**** Important **** Do not use INFORMATION_SCHEMA views to determine the schema of an object. The only reliable way to find the schema of a object is to query the sys.objects catalog view.|
|**TABLE_NAME**|**sysname**|Table name.|
|**COLUMN_NAME**|**sysname**|Column name.|
|**PRIVILEGE_TYPE**|**varchar(**10**)**|Type of privilege.|
|**IS_GRANTABLE**|**varchar(**3**)**|Specifies whether the grantee can grant permissions to others.|
## See Also
[System Views (Transact-SQL)](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/35a6161d-7f43-4e00-bcd3-3091f2015e90)
[Information Schema Views (Transact-SQL)](~/relational-databases/system-information-schema-views/system-information-schema-views-transact-sql.md)
[sys.sql_modules (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-sql-modules-transact-sql.md)
[sys.objects (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-objects-transact-sql.md)
[sys.database_permissions (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-database-permissions-transact-sql.md)
[sys.server_permissions (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-server-permissions-transact-sql.md)