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. Important Do not use INFORMATION_SCHEMA views to determine the schema of an object. The only reliable way to find the schema of a object is to query the sys.objects catalog 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.

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