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# sys.service_contracts (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md.md)]

  This catalog view contains a row for each contract in the database.  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**name**|**sysname**|Name of the contract, unique within the database. Not NULLABLE.|  
|**service_contract_id**|**int**|Identifier of the contract. Not NULLABLE.|  
|**principal_id**|**int**|Identifier for the database principal that owns this contract. NULLABLE.|  
  
## Permissions  
 [!INCLUDE[ssCatViewPerm](../../includes/sscatviewperm-md.md)] For more information, see [Metadata Visibility Configuration](../../relational-databases/security/metadata-visibility-configuration.md).