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VIEWS (Transact-SQL)

Returns one row for views that can be accessed 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

TABLE_CATALOG

nvarchar(128)

View qualifier.

TABLE_SCHEMA

nvarchar(128)

Name of schema that contains the view.

TABLE_NAME

nvarchar(128)

View name.

VIEW_DEFINITION

nvarchar(4000)

If the length of definition is larger than nvarchar(4000), this column is NULL. Otherwise, this column is the view definition text.

CHECK_OPTION

varchar(7)

Type of WITH CHECK OPTION. Is CASCADE if the original view was created by using the WITH CHECK OPTION. Otherwise, NONE is returned.

IS_UPDATABLE

varchar(2)

Specifies whether the view is updatable. Always returns NO.

See Also

Reference

System Views (Transact-SQL)
Information Schema Views (Transact-SQL)
sys.sql_modules (Transact-SQL)
sys.views (Transact-SQL)

Other Resources

Querying the SQL Server System Catalog

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance