VIEWS View (Information Schema): New Columns in View

Attention

This behavior change is in the 2023_04 bundle.

For the current status of the bundle, refer to Bundle History.

Snowflake has added two columns, LAST_DDL and LAST_DDL_BY, to the VIEWS view in the INFORMATION_SCHEMA schema. These columns record the timestamp of the last DDL operation performed on each view and the username of the user who performed it.

Column Name

Data Type

Description

LAST_DDL

TIMESTAMP_LTZ

Timestamp of the last DDL operation performed on the table or view, including database refreshes for replication (if the refresh changes visible properties for the table/view).

LAST_DDL_BY

TEXT

Username of the user who performed the last DDL operation on the table or view.

Ref: 1127