VIEWS (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: 
SQL Server (all supported versions) Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW)
Returns one row for views that can be accessed by the current user in the current database.
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) | View qualifier. |
| TABLE_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | Name of schema that contains the view. ** Important ** only reliable way to find the schema of a object is to query the sys.objects catalog view. |
| TABLE_NAME | nvarchar(128) | View name. |
| VIEW_DEFINITION | nvarchar(4000) | If the length of definition is larger than nvarchar(4000), this column is NULL. Otherwise, this column is the view definition text. |
| CHECK_OPTION | varchar(7) | Type of WITH CHECK OPTION. Is CASCADE if the original view was created by using the WITH CHECK OPTION. Otherwise, NONE is returned. |
| IS_UPDATABLE | varchar(2) | Specifies whether the view is updatable. Always returns NO. |
See Also
System Views (Transact-SQL)
Information Schema Views (Transact-SQL)
sys.sql_modules (Transact-SQL)
sys.views (Transact-SQL)