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 : a Snowflake Native App. . - APPLICATION_PACKAGE : an application package. . - STANDARD: a normal database. . - IMPORTED DATABASE: a database created from a share. . - PERSONAL DATABASE: a personal database, linked to its owner.

OWNER_ROLE_TYPE

TEXT

The type of role that owns the object, for example ROLE. . If a Snowflake Native App owns the object, the value is APPLICATION. . Snowflake returns NULL if you delete the object because a deleted object does not have an owner role.

OBJECT_VISIBILITY

OBJECT

This new column is appended to the existing views and is reserved for future use. For more information, see DATABASES and SCHEMATA views, and SHOW DATABASES and SHOW SCHEMAS commands: New column in output.

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.

Language: English