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SCHEMATA (Transact-SQL)

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 noteImportant
Do not use INFORMATION_SCHEMA views to determine the schema 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.