SCHEMATA (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: 
SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure Synapse Analytics
Analytics Platform System (PDW)
SQL analytics endpoint in Microsoft Fabric
Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric
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. To retrieve information about all databases in an instance of SQL Server, query the sys.databases (Transact-SQL) catalog view.
| 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. Important: Don't use INFORMATION_SCHEMA views to determine the schema of an object. INFORMATION_SCHEMA views only represent a subset of the metadata of an object. The only reliable way to find the schema of an object is to query the sys.objects catalog view. |
| 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. |
Example
The following example, returns information about the schemas in the master database:
SELECT * FROM master.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA;
See Also
System Views (Transact-SQL)
Information Schema Views (Transact-SQL)
sys.databases (Transact-SQL)
sys.schemas (Transact-SQL)
sys.syscharsets (Transact-SQL)