Internal System Views

Internal system views are system views that make available low-level storage metadata for the SQL Server 2005 Database Engine.

The following table lists and describes the internal system views.

Important

These views are for internal use only and are subject to change. Compatibility is not guaranteed.

View name Description

sys.system_internals_partitions

Contains a combination of rowset and hobt information. There is a one-to-one correspondence between rowset and hobt.

sys.system_internals_partition_columns

Contains both rowset and hobt column information. It also contains type and other information redundantly copied from the catalog of the relational engine.

sys.system_internals_allocation_units

Contains a row for each allocation unit in the current database.

See Also

Concepts

Querying the SQL Server System Catalog
System Base Tables

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance