D.6. RDB$DATABASE

RDB$DATABASE stores basic information about the database. It contains only one record.

Column NameData TypeDescription

RDB$DESCRIPTION

BLOB TEXT

Database comment text

RDB$RELATION_ID

SMALLINT

A number that steps up by one each time a table or view is added to the database

RDB$SECURITY_CLASS

CHAR(31)

The security class defined in RDB$SECURITY_CLASSES in order to apply access control limits common to the entire database

RDB$CHARACTER_SET_NAME

CHAR(31)

The name of the default character set for the database set in the DEFAULT CHARACTER SET clause when the database is created. NULL for character set NONE.

RDB$LINGER

INTEGER

Number of seconds "delay" (established with the ALTER DATABASE SET LINGER statement) until the database file is closed after the last connection to this database is closed (in SuperServer). NULL if no delay is set.