VIEWS

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

INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS describes view specific information about views in the catalog.

The rows returned are limited to the views the user is privileged to interact with.

Definition

The VIEWS relation contains the following columns:

Name	Data type	Nullable	Standard	Description
`TABLE_CATALOG`	`STRING`	No	Yes	Catalog containing the view.
`TABLE_SCHEMA`	`STRING`	No	Yes	Schema containing the view.
`TABLE_NAME`	`STRING`	No	Yes	Name of the relation.
`VIEW_DEFINITION`	`STRING`	Yes	Yes	The view text if the user owns the view, `NULL` otherwise.
`CHECK_OPTION`	`STRING`	No	Yes	Always `'NONE'`. Reserved for future use.
`IS_UPDATABLE`	`STRING`	No	Yes	Always `NO`. Reserved for future use
`IS_INSERTABLE_INTO`	`STRING`	No	Yes	Always `NO`. Reserved for future use.
`SQL_PATH`	`STRING`	Yes	Yes	Always `NULL`. Reserved for future use.

The following constraints apply to the VIEWS relation:

Class	Name	Column List	Description
Primary key	`VIEWS_PK`	`TABLE_CATALOG`, `TABLE_SCHEMA`, `TABLE_NAME`	Unique identifier for the view.
Foreign key	`VIEWS_TABLES_FK`	`TABLE_CATALOG`, `TABLE_SCHEMA`, `TABLE_NAME`	References TABLES.

> SELECT is_intertable_into
    FROM information_schema.views
    WHERE table_schema = 'information_schema'
      AND table_name = 'columns'
  NO