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title TABLES (Transact-SQL)
description TABLES (Transact-SQL)
author markingmyname
ms.author maghan
ms.date 05/20/2019
ms.service sql
ms.subservice system-objects
ms.topic reference
ms.custom
ignite-2025
f1_keywords
TABLES_TSQL
TABLES
helpviewer_keywords
TABLES view
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES 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

TABLES (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE sql-asdb-asdbmi-asa-pdw-fabricse-fabricdw-fabricsqldb]

Returns one row for each table or view 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.

Important: The only reliable way to find the schema of an object is to query the sys.objects catalog view. INFORMATION_SCHEMA views could be incomplete since they are not updated for all new features.
TABLE_NAME sysname Table or view name.
TABLE_TYPE varchar(10) Type of table. Can be VIEW or BASE TABLE.

See Also

System Views (Transact-SQL)
Information Schema Views (Transact-SQL)
sys.objects (Transact-SQL)
sys.tables (Transact-SQL)