TABLES (Transact-SQL)

Returns one row for each table in the current database for which the current user has permissions.

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)	Table qualifier.
TABLE_SCHEMA	nvarchar(128)	Name of schema that contains the table.
TABLE_NAME	sysname	Table name.
TABLE_TYPE	varchar(10)	Type of table. Can be VIEW or BASE TABLE.

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