ROUTINES
Contains one row for each stored procedure and function accessible to the current user in the current database. The columns that describe the return value apply only to functions. For stored procedures, these columns will be NULL.
The INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES view is based on the sysobjects and syscolumns system tables.
To retrieve information from these views, specify the fully qualified name of INFORMATION_SCHEMA view_name.
Note The ROUTINE_DEFINITION column contains the source statements that created the function, stored procedure, or trigger. These source statements are likely to contain embedded carriage returns. If you are returning this column to an application that is displaying the results in a text format, the embedded carriage returns in the ROUTINE_DEFINITION results may affect the formatting of the overall result set. If you select the ROUTINE_DEFINITION column, you must adjust for the embedded carriage returns; for example, by returning the result set into a grid or returning ROUTINE_DEFINITION into its own text box.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SPECIFIC_CATALOG | nvarchar(128) | Specific name of the catalog.
For SQL Server 2000, this name is the same as ROUTINE_CATALOG. |
| SPECIFIC_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | Specific name of the catalog.
For SQL Server 2000, this is the same as ROUTINE_SCHEMA. |
| SPECIFIC_NAME | nvarchar(128) | Specific name of the catalog.
For SQL Server 2000, this is the same as ROUTINE_NAME. |
| ROUTINE_CATALOG | nvarchar(128) | Catalog name of the function. |
| ROUTINE_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | Owner name of the function. |
| ROUTINE_NAME | nvarchar(128) | Name of the function. |
| ROUTINE_TYPE | nvarchar(20) | Returns PROCEDURE for stored procedures, and FUNCTION for functions. |
| MODULE_CATALOG | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| MODULE_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| MODULE_NAME | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| UDT_CATALOG | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| UDT_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| UDT_NAME | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| DATA_TYPE | nvarchar(128) | Data type of the return value of the function. Returns table if a table-valued function. |
| CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH | int | Maximum length in characters, if the return type is a character type. |
| CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH | int | Maximum length in bytes, if the return type is a character type. |
| COLLATION_CATALOG | nvarchar(128) | Catalog portion of the collation name of the return value. For noncharacter types, returns NULL. |
| COLLATION_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | Schema portion of the collation name of the return value. For noncharacter types, returns NULL. |
| COLLATION_NAME | nvarchar(128) | Collation name of the return value. For noncharacter types, returns NULL. |
| CHARACTER_SET_CATALOG | nvarchar(128) | Catalog name of the return value's character set. For noncharacter types, returns NULL. |
| CHARACTER_SET_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | Schema name of the return value's character set. For noncharacter types, returns NULL. |
| CHARACTER_SET_NAME | nvarchar(128) | Name of the return value's character set. For noncharacter types, returns NULL. |
| NUMERIC_PRECISION | smallint | Numeric precision of the return value. For the nonnumeric types, returns NULL. |
| NUMERIC_PRECISION_RADIX | smallint | Numeric precision radix of the return value. For nonnumeric types, returns NULL. |
| NUMERIC_SCALE | smallint | Scale of the return value. For nonnumeric types, returns NULL. |
| DATETIME_PRECISION | smallint | Fractional precision of a second if return value is of type datetime. Otherwise, returns NULL. |
| INTERVAL_TYPE | nvarchar(30) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| INTERVAL_PRECISION | smallint | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| TYPE_UDT_CATALOG | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| TYPE_UDT_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| TYPE_UDT_NAME | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| SCOPE_CATALOG | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| SCOPE_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| SCOPE_NAME | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| MAXIMUM_CARDINALITY | bigint | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| DTD_IDENTIFIER | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| ROUTINE_BODY | nvarchar(30) | Returns SQL for a Transact-SQL function, and EXTERNAL for an externally written function.
In SQL Server 2000, functions will always be SQL. |
| ROUTINE_DEFINITION | nvarchar(4000) | Definition text of the function or stored procedure if the function or stored procedure is not encrypted. Otherwise, returns NULL. |
| EXTERNAL_NAME | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| EXTERNAL_LANGUAGE | nvarchar(30) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| PARAMETER_STYLE | nvarchar(30) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| IS_DETERMINISTIC | nvarchar(10) | Returns YES if the routine is deterministic.
Returns NO if the routine is nondeterministic. Always returns NO for stored procedures. |
| SQL_DATA_ACCESS | nvarchar(30) | Returns one of the following four values:
NONE = The function does not contain SQL. In SQL Server 2000, returns READS for all functions, and MODIFIES for all stored procedures. |
| IS_NULL_CALL | nvarchar(10) | Indicates if the routine will be called if any of its arguments are NULL.
In SQL Server 2000, always returns YES. |
| SQL_PATH | nvarchar(128) | NULL. Reserved for future use. |
| SCHEMA_LEVEL_ROUTINE | nvarchar(10) | Returns YES if schema-level function, or NO if not a schema-level function.
In SQL Server 2000, always returns YES. |
| MAX_DYNAMIC_RESULT_SETS | smallint | Maximum number of dynamic result sets returned by routine.
Returns 0 if functions, and TBD if stored procedures. |
| IS_USER_DEFINED_CAST | nvarchar(10) | Returns YES if user-defined cast function, and NO if not a user-defined cast function.
In SQL Server 2000, always returns NO. |
| IS_IMPLICITLY_INVOCABLE | nvarchar(10) | Returns YES if the routine is implicitly invocable, and NO if function is not implicitly invocable.
In SQL Server 2000, always returns NO. |
| CREATED | datetime | Time the routine was created. |
| LAST_ALTERED | datetime | The last time the function was modified. |