Database and Table Information
The next five tables we will look at store information on your tables and extents. They are:
| • sysdatabase | Databases |
| • systabnames | Tables |
| • sysextents | Tables extents |
| • sysptprof | Tables I/O |
Information on all databases on a server: sysdatabases
This view has data on all databases on a server. Have you ever needed to create a pop-up list of databases within a program? This table now allows programs to give users a list of databases to select from without resorting to ESQL/C. The following is the definition of this view:
View sysdatabases
Column Data Type Description name char(18) database name partnum integer table id for systables owner char(8) user name of creator created integer date created is_logging bitval ...
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