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Contains one row per column that is part of a sys.indexes index or unordered table (heap).
Column name |
Data type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
object_id |
int |
ID of the object the index is defined on. |
index_id |
int |
ID of the index in which the column is defined. |
index_column_id |
int |
ID of the index column. index_column_id is unique only within index_id. |
column_id |
int |
ID of the column in object_id. 0 = Row Identifier (RID) in a nonclustered index. column_id is unique only within object_id. |
key_ordinal |
tinyint |
Ordinal (1-based) within set of key-columns. 0 = Not a key column, or is an XML index, xVelocity memory optimized columnstore, or spatial index. Note An XML or spatial index cannot be a key because the underlying columns are not comparable, meaning that their values cannot be ordered. |
partition_ordinal |
tinyint |
Ordinal (1-based) within set of partitioning columns. 0 = Not a partitioning column. |
distribution_ordinal |
bit |
Reserved for future use. |
is_descending_key |
bit |
1 = Index key column has a descending sort direction. 0 = Index key column has an ascending sort direction. Does not apply to columnstore indexes which return 0. |
is_included_column |
bit |
1 = Column is a nonkey column added to the index by using the CREATE INDEX INCLUDE clause, or is a column that is part of a columnstore index. 0 = Column is not an included column. Columns implicitly added because they are part of the clustering key are not listed in sys.index_columns. Columns implicitly added because they are a partitioning column are returned as 0. |
Permissions
The visibility of the metadata in catalog views is limited to securables that a user either owns or on which the user has been granted some permission. For more information, see Metadata Visibility Configuration.
See Also
Reference
Object Catalog Views (Transact-SQL)