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| Documentation | Retrieves a description of the tables available in the given catalog. Only table descriptions matching the catalog, schema, table name and type criteria are returned. They are ordered by TABLE_TYPE, TABLE_SCHEM and TABLE_NAME. Each table description has the following columns: TABLE_CAT String => table catalog (may be null) TABLE_SCHEM String => table schema (may be null) TABLE_NAME String => table name TABLE_TYPE String => table type. Typical types are "TABLE", "VIEW", "SYSTEM TABLE", "GLOBAL TEMPORARY", "LOCAL TEMPORARY", "ALIAS", "SYNONYM". REMARKS String => explanatory comment on the table TYPE_CAT String => the types catalog (may be null) TYPE_SCHEM String => the types schema (may be null) TYPE_NAME String => type name (may be null) SELF_REFERENCING_COL_NAME String => name of the designated "identifier" column of a typed table (may be null) REF_GENERATION String => specifies how values in SELF_REFERENCING_COL_NAME are created. Values are "SYSTEM", "USER", "DERIVED". (may be null) Note: Some databases may not return information for all tables. :
schemaPattern - a schema name pattern; must match the schema name as it is stored in the database; "" retrieves those without a schema; null means that the schema name should not be used to narrow the search tableNamePattern - a table name pattern; must match the table name as it is stored in the database types - a list of table types to include; null returns all types
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| Group | SQL |
| Minimum required transaction-mode: | NONE |
| Required scripting permission of the developer | PERMISSION_FL_BASIC |
| Minimum parameters | 4 |
| Maximum parameters | <unlimited> |