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TABLES (Transact-SQL)

SQL Server 2012

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Returns one row for each table in the current database for which the current user has permissions.

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)

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 an object is to query the sys.objects catalog view. INFORMATION_SCHEMA views could be incomplete since they are not updated for all new features.

TABLE_NAME

sysname

Table name.

TABLE_TYPE

varchar( 10)

Type of table. Can be VIEW or BASE TABLE.

System Views (Transact-SQL)

Information Schema Views (Transact-SQL)

sys.objects (Transact-SQL)

sys.tables (Transact-SQL)

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