D.30. RDB$RELATIONS
RDB$RELATIONS stores the top-level definitions and attributes of all tables and views in the system.
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| The binary language representation (BLR) of the query specification of a view.
The field stores |
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| Contains the original source text of the query for a view, in SQL language.
User comments are included.
The field stores |
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| Could store comments related to the table or view |
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| Internal identifier of the table or view |
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| indicates whether the table or view is user-defined (value 0) or system-defined (value 1 or greater) |
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| The total length of the database key. For a table: 8 bytes. For a view, the length is 8 multiplied by the number of tables referenced by the view |
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| Internal use, points to the relation’s record in |
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| The field ID for the next column to be added. The number is not decremented when a column is dropped. |
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| Table or view name |
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| May reference a security class defined in the table |
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| The full path to the external data file if the table is defined with the |
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| Table metadata description, used internally for optimization |
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| Could store comments related to the external file of an external table |
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| The username of the user who created the table or view originally |
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| Default security class, used when a new column is added to the table |
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| Internal flags |
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| The type of the relation object being described:
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