Schema catalog view - sys.schemas

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW) SQL analytics endpoint in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric

Contains a row for each database schema.

Not

Database schemas are different from XML schemas, which are used to define the content model of XML documents.

Column name	Data type	Description
name	sysname	Name of the schema. Is unique within the database.
schema_id	int	ID of the schema. Is unique within the database.
principal_id	int	ID of the principal that owns this schema.

Remarks

Database schemas act as namespaces or containers for objects, such as tables, views, procedures, and functions, that can be found in the sys.objects catalog view.

Each schema has an owner. The owner is a security principal.

Permissions

Requires membership in the public role.

Related content

• Principals (Database Engine)
• System catalog views (Transact-SQL)
• sys.objects (Transact-SQL)