DATABASES view¶
This Information Schema view displays a row for each database defined in your account.
Note
This view uses Snowflake terminology of “database” whereas all the other Information Schema views use the standard INFORMATION_SCHEMA terminology of “catalog”. The two terms have the same meaning.
Columns¶
Column Name |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
DATABASE_NAME |
TEXT |
Name of the database. |
DATABASE_OWNER |
TEXT |
Name of the role that owns the database. |
IS_TRANSIENT |
TEXT |
Whether this is a transient database. |
COMMENT |
TEXT |
Comment for this database. |
CREATED |
TIMESTAMP_LTZ |
Creation time of the database. |
LAST_ALTERED |
TIMESTAMP_LTZ |
Date and time the object was last altered by a DML, DDL, or background metadata operation. See Usage Notes. |
RETENTION_TIME |
NUMBER |
Number of days that historical data is retained for Time Travel. |
TYPE |
VARCHAR |
Specifies the type of database. Valid values are: . . - APPLICATION : an application object. . - APPLICATION_PACKAGE : an application package. . - STANDARD: a normal database. . - IMPORTED DATABASE: a database created from a share. |
OWNER_ROLE_TYPE |
TEXT |
The type of role that owns the object, for example |
Usage notes¶
The view only displays objects for which the current role for the session has been granted access privileges. The view does not honor the MANAGE GRANTS privilege and consequently may show less information compared to a SHOW command when both are executed by a user who holds the MANAGE GRANTS privilege.
This view contains all of the databases in the account (regardless of the database’s INFORMATION_SCHEMA used to query the view).
The LAST_ALTERED column is updated when the following operations are performed on an object:
DDL operations.
DML operations (for tables only). This column is updated even when no rows are affected by the DML statement.
Background maintenance operations on metadata performed by Snowflake.