DOMAINS

Transact-SQL Reference

Transact-SQL Reference

DOMAINS

Contains one row for each user-defined data type accessible to the current user in the current database. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA.DOMAINS view is based on the spt_data type_info, systypes, syscomments, sysconfigures, and syscharsets system tables.

To retrieve information from these views, specify the fully qualified name of INFORMATION_SCHEMA view_name.

Column name Data type Description
DOMAIN_CATALOG nvarchar(128) Database in which the user-defined data type exists.
DOMAIN_SCHEMA nvarchar(128) User that created the user-defined data type.
DOMAIN_NAME sysname User-defined data type.
DATA_TYPE sysname System-supplied data type.
CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH smallint Maximum length, in characters, for binary data, character data, or text and image data. Otherwise, NULL is returned. For more information, see Data Types.
CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH smallint Maximum length, in bytes, for binary data, character data, or text and image data. Otherwise, NULL is returned.
COLLATION_CATALOG varchar(6) Returns master, indicating the database in which the sort order is defined, if the column is character data or text data type. Otherwise, this column is NULL.
COLLATION_SCHEMA varchar(3) Returns DBO, indicating the owner of the sort order for character data or text data type. Otherwise, NULL is returned.
COLLATION_NAME nvarchar(128) Returns the unique name for the sort order if the column is character data or text data type. Otherwise, NULL is returned.
CHARACTER_SET_CATALOG varchar(6) Returns master, indicating the database in which the character set is located, if the column is character data or text data type. Otherwise, NULL is returned.
CHARACTER_SET_SCHEMA varchar(3) Returns DBO, indicating the owner name of the character set, if the column is character data or text data type. Otherwise, NULL is returned.
CHARACTER_SET_NAME nvarchar(128) Returns the unique name for the character set if this column is character data or text data type. Otherwise, NULL is returned.
NUMERIC_PRECISION tinyint Precision of approximate numeric data, exact numeric data, integer data, or monetary data. Otherwise, NULL is returned.
NUMERIC_PRECISION_RADIX smallint Precision radix of approximate numeric data, exact numeric data, integer data, or monetary data. Otherwise, NULL is returned.
NUMERIC_SCALE tinyint Scale of approximate numeric data, exact numeric data, integer data, or monetary data. Otherwise, NULL is returned.
DATETIME_PRECISION smallint Subtype code for datetime and SQL-92 interval data type. For other data types, this column returns a NULL.
DOMAIN_DEFAULT nvarchar(4000) Actual text of the definition Transact-SQL statement.

See Also

syscharsets

syscomments

sysconfigures

systypes