Information schema
Columns
Use this reference to learn about the metadata available for Firebolt columns using the information schema.
You can use the information_schema.columns view to return information about all columns in a table in a database. The view is available in each database and contains one row for each column. You can use a SELECT query to return information about each column as shown in the example below.
To view column information, the user must have USAGE privileges on both the schema and the database, as well as any necessary table-level privileges or ownership of the table.
Columns in information_schema.columns
Each row has the following columns with information about each column.
| Column Name | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| table_catalog | TEXT | Name of the catalog. Firebolt provides a single default catalog. |
| table_schema | TEXT | Name of the database containing the table. |
| table_name | TEXT | Name of the table containing the column. |
| column_name | TEXT | Name of the column. |
| ordinal_position | BIGINT | The ordinal position of the column. |
| column_default | TEXT | The default expression for the column, if it exists. |
| is_nullable | TEXT | YES if the column may contain NULL, NO otherwise. |
| data_type | TEXT | The data type of the column. |
| is_in_partition_expr | TEXT | YES if the column is included in the table’s PARTITION BY clause, NO otherwise. |
| is_in_primary_index | TEXT | YES if the column is included in the table’s PRIMARY INDEX clause, NO otherwise. |
| numeric_precision | BIGINT | The numeric precision. For numeric columns only. |
| description | TEXT | The description of the column. |
| character_maximum_length | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| character_octet_length | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| numeric_precision_radix | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| interval_type | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| interval_precision | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| character_set_catalog | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| character_set_schema | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| character_set_name | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| collation_catalog | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| collation_schema | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| collation_name | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| domain_catalog | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| domain_schema | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| domain_name | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| udt_catalog | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| udt_schema | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| udt_name | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| scope_catalog | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| scope_schema | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| scope_name | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| maximum_cardinality | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| dtd_identifier | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| is_self_referencing | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| is_identity | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| identity_generation | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| identity_start | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| identity_increment | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| identity_maximum | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| identity_minimum | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| identity_cycle | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| is_generated | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| generation_expression | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |
| is_updatable | NULL | Not applicable for Firebolt. |