Dynamic tables: Changes to ACCOUNT_USAGE.TABLES and INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES¶

New column added¶

The ACCOUNT_USAGE.TABLES and INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES views include the following new column:

Column name	Data type	Description
`is_dynamic`	Text	Indicates whether the table is a dynamic table. Valid values are YES or NO.

Changes to ACCOUNT_USAGE.TABLES¶

Beginning with the 8.9 release, the following changes to ACCOUNT_USAGE.TABLES are enabled:

Before the change:

Dynamic tables are not included in this view. For rows that represent dynamic tables, the value for the is_insertable_into column is YES.

The ACCOUNT_USAGE.TABLES view doesn’t include the is_dynamic column.

After the change:

Dynamic tables are included in this view. For rows that represent dynamic tables, the values of the table_type and is_insertable_into columns are BASE TABLE and NO, respectively.

The ACCOUNT_USAGE.TABLES view includes the is_dynamic column, defined above.

Changes to INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES¶

Beginning with the 8.9 release, the following changes to INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES are enabled:

Before the change:

For rows that represent dynamic tables, the values of the table_type and is_insertable_into columns are NULL and YES, respectively.

The INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES view doesn’t include the is_dynamic column.

After the change:

For rows that represent dynamic tables, the values of the table_type and is_insertable_into columns are BASE TABLE and NO, respectively.

The INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES view includes the is_dynamic column, defined above.