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SCHEMATA (Transact-SQL)
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SQL database in Microsoft Fabric
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 SQL Server, query the sys.databases (Transact-SQL) 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. Important: Don't use INFORMATION_SCHEMA views to determine the schema of an object. INFORMATION_SCHEMA views only represent a subset of the metadata 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. |
Example
The following example, returns information about the schemas in the master database:
SELECT * FROM master.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA;
See Also
System Views (Transact-SQL)
Information Schema Views (Transact-SQL)
sys.databases (Transact-SQL)
sys.schemas (Transact-SQL)
sys.syscharsets (Transact-SQL)
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