Meta Data Functions

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Transact-SQL Reference

Meta Data Functions

These scalar functions return information about the database and database objects.

COL_LENGTH fn_listextendedproperty
COL_NAME FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY
COLUMNPROPERTY FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY
DATABASEPROPERTY INDEX_COL
DATABASEPROPERTYEX INDEXKEY_PROPERTY
DB_ID INDEXPROPERTY
DB_NAME OBJECT_ID
FILE_ID OBJECT_NAME
FILE_NAME OBJECTPROPERTY
FILEGROUP_ID @@PROCID
FILEGROUP_NAME SQL_VARIANT_PROPERTY
FILEGROUPPROPERTY TYPEPROPERTY
FILEPROPERTY  

All meta data functions are nondeterministic.  They do not always return the same results every time they are called with a specific set of input values. For more information about function determinism, see Deterministic and Nondeterministic Functions.

See Also

Functions

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