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The view <code class="literal">view_column_usage</code> identifies all
columns that are used in the query expression of a view (the
<code class="command">SELECT</code> statement that defines the view). A
column is only included if the table that contains the column is
owned by a currently enabled role.
</p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
Columns of system tables are not included. This should be fixed
sometime.
</p></div><div class="table" id="id-1.7.6.65.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 37.59. <code class="literal">view_column_usage</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="view_column_usage Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Data Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal">view_catalog</code></td><td><code class="type">sql_identifier</code></td><td>Name of the database that contains the view (always the current database)</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">view_schema</code></td><td><code class="type">sql_identifier</code></td><td>Name of the schema that contains the view</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">view_name</code></td><td><code class="type">sql_identifier</code></td><td>Name of the view</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">table_catalog</code></td><td><code class="type">sql_identifier</code></td><td>
Name of the database that contains the table that contains the
column that is used by the view (always the current database)
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">table_schema</code></td><td><code class="type">sql_identifier</code></td><td>
Name of the schema that contains the table that contains the
column that is used by the view
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">table_name</code></td><td><code class="type">sql_identifier</code></td><td>
Name of the table that contains the column that is used by the
view
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">column_name</code></td><td><code class="type">sql_identifier</code></td><td>Name of the column that is used by the view</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="infoschema-user-mappings.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="information-schema.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="infoschema-view-routine-usage.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">37.60. <code class="literal">user_mappings</code> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 37.62. <code class="literal">view_routine_usage</code></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
