sys-stats-columns-transact-sql.md

title	sys.stats_columns (Transact-SQL)
description	sys.stats_columns (Transact-SQL)
author	rwestMSFT
ms.author	randolphwest
ms.date	12/18/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	system-objects
ms.topic	reference
ms.custom	ignite-2025
f1_keywords	stats_columns_TSQL stats_columns sys.stats_columns sys.stats_columns_TSQL
helpviewer_keywords	sys.stats_columns catalog view
dev_langs	TSQL
monikerRange	>=aps-pdw-2016 || =azuresqldb-current || =azure-sqldw-latest || >=sql-server-2016 || >=sql-server-linux-2017 || =azuresqldb-mi-current || =fabric || =fabric-sqldb

sys.stats_columns (Transact-SQL)

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Contains a row for each column that is part of sys.stats statistics.

Column name	Data type	Description
object_id	int	ID of the object of which this column is part.
stats_id	int	ID of the statistics of which this column is part. If statistics correspond to an index, the stats_id value is the same as the index_id value in the sys.indexes catalog view.
stats_column_id	int	1-based ordinal within set of stats columns.
column_id	int	ID of the column from sys.columns.

Permissions

[!INCLUDEssCatViewPerm] For more information, see Metadata Visibility Configuration.

See Also

Object Catalog Views (Transact-SQL)
Catalog Views (Transact-SQL)
Querying the SQL Server System Catalog FAQ
Statistics
sys.dm_db_stats_properties (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_db_stats_histogram (Transact-SQL)
sys.stats (Transact-SQL)
Statistics in Microsoft Fabric