DATABASES View¶

This Account Usage view displays a row for each database defined in your account.

Columns¶

Column Name	Data Type	Description
DATABASE_ID	NUMBER	Internal/system-generated identifier for the database.
DATABASE_NAME	TEXT	Name of the database.
DATABASE_OWNER	TEXT	Name of the role that owns the database.
IS_TRANSIENT	TEXT	Whether the database is transient.
COMMENT	TEXT	Comment for the database.
CREATED	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Date and time when the database was created.
LAST_ALTERED	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Date and time the object was last altered. See Usage Notes.
DELETED	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Date and time when the database was dropped.
RETENTION_TIME	NUMBER	Number of days that historical data is retained for Time Travel.

Latency for the view may be up to 180 minutes (3 hours).
The view displays all of the databases in the account.
The view does not recognize the MANAGE GRANTS privilege and consequently may show less information compared to a SHOW command executed by a user who holds the MANAGE GRANTS privilege.
The LAST_ALTERED column is updated when the following operations are performed on an object:
- DDL operations.
- DML operations (for tables only).
- Background maintenance operations on metadata performed by Snowflake.