schema-name-transact-sql.md

title	SCHEMA_NAME (Transact-SQL)
description	SCHEMA_NAME (Transact-SQL)
author	MikeRayMSFT
ms.author	mikeray
ms.date	03/03/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
ms.custom	ignite-2025
f1_keywords	SCHEMA_NAME SCHEMA_NAME_TSQL
helpviewer_keywords	SCHEMA_NAME function schemas [SQL Server], names
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

SCHEMA_NAME (Transact-SQL)

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Returns the schema name associated with a schema ID.

:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

SCHEMA_NAME ( [ schema_id ] )  

Arguments

Term	Definition
schema_id	The ID of the schema. schema_id is an int. If schema_id is not defined, SCHEMA_NAME will return the name of the default schema of the caller.

Return Types

sysname

Returns NULL when schema_id is not a valid ID.

Remarks

SCHEMA_NAME returns names of system schemas and user-defined schemas. SCHEMA_NAME can be called in a select list, in a WHERE clause, and anywhere an expression is allowed.

Examples

A. Returning the name of the default schema of the caller

SELECT SCHEMA_NAME();  

B. Returning the name of a schema by using an ID

SELECT SCHEMA_NAME(1);  

See Also

Expressions (Transact-SQL)
SCHEMA_ID (Transact-SQL)
sys.schemas (Transact-SQL)
sys.database_principals (Transact-SQL)
Metadata Functions (Transact-SQL)
WHERE (Transact-SQL)