System Views
System views are new for SQL Server 2005. They are designed to expose instance and database related metadata in an organized and useful method. Some system tables from SQL Server 2000 are now implemented in SQL Server 2005 as system views for backward compatibility. Although the SQL Server 2000 system tables can still be queried by name, SQL Server 2005 features and related metadata will not be seen. Thus, the results may be different from those when querying the corresponding new system view. See the example later in this section.
Using the new system views is the recommended method for viewing metadata and system information. There are many SQL Server 2005 system tables that do not have system views for accessing data from them, ...
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