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SCHEMATA (Transact-SQL)

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.

Important

This feature has changed from earlier versions of SQL Server. For more information, see Breaking Changes to Database Engine Features in SQL Server 2005.

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.

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

Reference

System Views (Transact-SQL)
Information Schema Views (Transact-SQL)
sys.databases (Transact-SQL)
sys.schemas (Transact-SQL)
sys.syscharsets (Transact-SQL)

Other Resources

Querying the SQL Server System Catalog

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance