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 by a DML, DDL, or background metadata operation. 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.
RESOURCE_GROUP	VARCHAR	For internal use.
TYPE	VARCHAR	Specifies the type of database. Valid values are: . . - APPLICATION : an application object. . - APPLICATION_PACKAGE : an application package. . - STANDARD: a normal database. . - IMPORTED DATABASE: a database created from a share.
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.

The view displays all of the databases in an 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). This column is updated even when no rows are affected by the DML statement.
- Background maintenance operations on metadata performed by Snowflake.