CATALOG_PRIVILEGES

Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS and above check marked yes Unity Catalog only

INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CATALOG_PRIVILEGES lists principals that have privileges on a catalog.

Definition

The CATALOG_PRIVILEGES relation contains the following columns:

Name Data type Nullable Standard Description
GRANTOR STRING No Yes Principal that granted the privilege.
GRANTEE STRING No Yes Principal to which the privilege is granted.
CATALOG_NAME STRING No Yes Catalog on which the privilege is granted.
PRIVILEGE_TYPE STRING No Yes Privilege being granted.
IS_GRANTABLE STRING No Yes Always NO. Reserved for future use.
INHERITED_FROM STRING Yes No The ancestor relation that the privilege is inherited from.

Constraints

The following constraints apply to the CATALOG_PRIVILEGES relation:

Class Name Column List Description
Primary key CATPRIVS_PK GRANTOR, GRANTEE, CATALOG_NAME, PRIVILEGE_TYPE Unique identifier for the granted privilege.
Foreign key CATPRIVS_CATS_FK CATALOG_NAME References CATALOGS

Examples

> SELECT catalog_name, grantee
    FROM information_schema.catalog_privileges;