SCHEMATA view¶

This Information Schema view displays a row for each schema in the specified (or current) database, including the INFORMATION_SCHEMA schema itself.

Columns¶

Column Name	Data Type	Description
CATALOG_NAME	TEXT	Database that the schema belongs to
SCHEMA_NAME	TEXT	Name of the schema
SCHEMA_OWNER	TEXT	Name of the role that owns the schema
IS_TRANSIENT	TEXT	Whether this is a transient schema
IS_MANAGED_ACCESS	TEXT	Whether the schema is a managed access schema
RETENTION_TIME	NUMBER	Number of days that historical data is retained for Time Travel
DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_CATALOG	TEXT	Not applicable for Snowflake.
DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_SCHEMA	TEXT	Not applicable for Snowflake.
DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME	TEXT	Not applicable for Snowflake.
SQL_PATH	TEXT	Not applicable for Snowflake.
CREATED	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Creation time of the schema
LAST_ALTERED	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	Date and time the object was last altered by a DML, DDL, or background metadata operation. See Usage Notes.
COMMENT	TEXT	Comment for this schema
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.

The view only displays objects for which the current role for the session has been granted access privileges.
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.