ISO/IEC 9075-11:2023
(Main)Information technology — Database languages SQL — Part 11: Information and definition schemas (SQL/Schemata)
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INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 9075-11
Fifth edition
2023-06
Information technology — Database
languages SQL —
Part 11:
Information and definition schemas
(SQL/Schemata)
Technologies de l'information — Langages de base de données SQL —
Partie 11: Schémas des informations et des définitions (SQL/
Schemata)
Reference number
ISO/IEC 9075-11:2023(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword.ix
Introduction.xi
1 Scope.1
2 Normativereferences.2
3 Termsanddefinitions.3
4 Concepts.4
4.1 Notationsandconventions.4
4.1.1 Notations.4
4.1.2 ValuesinDescriptions.4
4.2 IntroductiontotheDefinitionSchema.4
4.3 IntroductiontotheInformationSchema.5
5 Lexicalelements.7
5.1 and.7
6 Information Schema.8
6.1 InformationSchemadigitalartifact.8
6.2 INFORMATION_SCHEMA Schema.8
6.3 INFORMATION_SCHEMA_CATALOG_NAMEview.9
6.4 CARDINAL_NUMBER domain.10
6.5 CHARACTER_DATAdomain.11
6.6 SQL_IDENTIFIERdomain.12
6.7 TIME_STAMPdomain.13
6.8 YES_OR_NO domain.14
6.9 ADMINISTRABLE_ROLE_AUTHORIZATIONSview.15
6.10 APPLICABLE_ROLES view.16
6.11 ASSERTIONSview.17
6.12 ATTRIBUTESview.18
6.13 CHARACTER_SETSview.20
6.14 CHECK_CONSTRAINT_ROUTINE_USAGEview.21
6.15 CHECK_CONSTRAINTS view.22
6.16 COLLATIONSview.23
6.17 COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITYview.24
6.18 COLUMN_COLUMN_USAGEview.25
6.19 COLUMN_DOMAIN_USAGE view.26
6.20 COLUMN_PRIVILEGESview.27
6.21 COLUMN_UDT_USAGEview.28
6.22 COLUMNSview.29
6.23 CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE view.32
6.24 CONSTRAINT_PERIOD_USAGEview.34
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6.25 CONSTRAINT_TABLE_USAGE view.36
6.26 DATA_TYPE_PRIVILEGESview.37
6.27 DIRECT_SUPERTABLESview.38
6.28 DIRECT_SUPERTYPESview.39
6.29 DOMAIN_CONSTRAINTSview.40
6.30 DOMAINS view.41
6.31 ELEMENT_TYPESview.43
6.32 ENABLED_ROLESview.45
6.33 FIELDS view.46
6.34 KEY_COLUMN_USAGE view.47
6.35 KEY_PERIOD_USAGE view.49
6.36 METHOD_SPECIFICATION_PARAMETERSview.50
6.37 METHOD_SPECIFICATIONSview.52
6.38 PARAMETERSview.54
6.39 PERIODSview.56
6.40 PRIVATE_PARAMETERS view.58
6.41 REFERENCED_TYPES view.60
6.42 REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTSview.61
6.43 ROLE_COLUMN_GRANTSview.62
6.44 ROLE_ROUTINE_GRANTS view.63
6.45 ROLE_TABLE_GRANTSview.64
6.46 ROLE_TABLE_METHOD_GRANTSview.65
6.47 ROLE_USAGE_GRANTS view.66
6.48 ROLE_UDT_GRANTSview.67
6.49 ROUTINE_COLUMN_USAGEview.68
6.50 ROUTINE_PERIOD_USAGE view.69
6.51 ROUTINE_PRIVILEGES view.70
6.52 ROUTINE_ROUTINE_USAGE view.71
6.53 ROUTINE_SEQUENCE_USAGEview.72
6.54 ROUTINE_TABLE_USAGEview.73
6.55 ROUTINESview.74
6.56 SCHEMATA view.77
6.57 SEQUENCES view.78
6.58 SQL_FEATURES view.79
6.59 SQL_IMPLEMENTATION_INFO view.80
6.60 SQL_PARTSview.81
6.61 SQL_SIZINGview.82
6.62 TABLE_CONSTRAINTSview.83
6.63 TABLE_METHOD_PRIVILEGES view.84
6.64 TABLE_PRIVILEGESview.85
6.65 TABLESview.86
6.66 TRANSFORMS view.87
6.67 TRANSLATIONSview.88
6.68 TRIGGERED_UPDATE_COLUMNSview.89
6.69 TRIGGER_COLUMN_USAGEview.90
6.70 TRIGGER_PERIOD_USAGEview.91
6.71 TRIGGER_ROUTINE_USAGE view.92
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6.72 TRIGGER_SEQUENCE_USAGEview.93
6.73 TRIGGER_TABLE_USAGEview.94
6.74 TRIGGERSview.95
6.75 UDT_PRIVILEGESview.97
6.76 USAGE_PRIVILEGESview.98
6.77 USER_DEFINED_TYPESview.99
6.78 VIEW_COLUMN_USAGEview.101
6.79 VIEW_PERIOD_USAGEview.102
6.80 VIEW_ROUTINE_USAGE view.103
6.81 VIEW_TABLE_USAGEview.104
6.82 VIEWSview.105
6.83 Shortnameviews.106
7 DefinitionSchema.126
7.1 DefinitionSchemadigitalartifact.126
7.2 DEFINITION_SCHEMA Schema.126
7.3 EQUAL_KEY_DEGREESassertion.127
7.4 KEY_DEGREE_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO_1 assertion.128
7.5 UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME assertion.129
7.6 ASSERTIONSbasetable.130
7.7 ATTRIBUTESbasetable.132
7.8 AUTHORIZATIONSbasetable.134
7.9 CATALOG_NAMEbasetable.135
7.10 CHARACTER_ENCODING_FORMSbasetable.136
7.11 CHARACTER_REPERTOIRESbasetable.138
7.12 CHARACTER_SETSbasetable.140
7.13 CHECK_COLUMN_USAGEbasetable.143
7.14 CHECK_CONSTRAINT_ROUTINE_USAGEbasetable.144
7.15 CHECK_CONSTRAINTSbasetable.145
7.16 CHECK_PERIOD_USAGEbasetable.146
7.17 CHECK_TABLE_USAGEbasetable.147
7.18 COLLATIONSbasetable.148
7.19 COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITYbasetable.150
7.20 COLUMN_COLUMN_USAGEbasetable.152
7.21 COLUMN_PRIVILEGESbasetable.153
7.22 COLUMNSbasetable.155
7.23 DATA_TYPE_DESCRIPTORbasetable.159
7.24 DIRECT_SUPERTABLESbasetable.170
7.25 DIRECT_SUPERTYPESbasetable.172
7.26 DOMAIN_CONSTRAINTSbasetable.174
7.27 DOMAINSbasetable.176
7.28 ELEMENT_TYPESbasetable.177
7.29 FIELDSbasetable.179
7.30 KEY_COLUMN_USAGEbasetable.181
7.31 KEY_PERIOD_USAGEbasetable.183
7.32 METHOD_SPECIFICATION_PARAMETERSbasetable.185
7.33 METHOD_SPECIFICATIONSbasetable.187
7.34 PARAMETERSbasetable.191
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7.35 PERIODSbasetable.194
7.36 PRIVATE_PARAMETERSbasetable.195
7.37 REFERENCED_TYPESbasetable.197
7.38 REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTSbasetable.199
7.39 ROLE_AUTHORIZATION_DESCRIPTORSbasetable.201
7.40 ROUTINE_COLUMN_USAGEbasetable.203
7.41 ROUTINE_PERIOD_USAGEbasetable.204
7.42 ROUTINE_PRIVILEGESbasetable.205
7.43 ROUTINE_ROUTINE_USAGEbasetable.207
7.44 ROUTINE_SEQUENCE_USAGEbasetable.208
7.45 ROUTINE_TABLE_USAGEbasetable.209
7.46 ROUTINESbasetable.210
7.47 SCHEMATAbasetable.218
7.48 SEQUENCESbasetable.220
7.49 SQL_CONFORMANCEbasetable.222
7.50 SQL_IMPLEMENTATION_INFObasetable.225
7.51 SQL_SIZINGbasetable.228
7.52 TABLE_CONSTRAINTSbasetable.230
7.53 TABLE_METHOD_PRIVILEGESbasetable.232
7.54 TABLE_PRIVILEGESbasetable.234
7.55 TABLESbasetable.236
7.56 TRANSFORMSbasetable.239
7.57 TRANSLATIONSbasetable.241
7.58 TRIGGERED_UPDATE_COLUMNSbasetable.243
7.59 TRIGGER_COLUMN_USAGEbasetable.244
7.60 TRIGGER_PERIOD_USAGEbasetable.245
7.61 TRIGGER_ROUTINE_USAGEbasetable.246
7.62 TRIGGER_SEQUENCE_USAGEbasetable.247
7.63 TRIGGER_TABLE_USAGEbasetable.248
7.64 TRIGGERSbasetable.249
7.65 USAGE_PRIVILEGESbasetable.252
7.66 USER_DEFINED_TYPE_PRIVILEGESbasetable.254
7.67 USER_DEFINED_TYPESbasetable.256
7.68 VIEW_COLUMN_USAGEbasetable.259
7.69 VIEW_PERIOD_USAGEbasetable.260
7.70 VIEW_ROUTINE_USAGEbasetable.261
7.71 VIEW_TABLE_USAGEbasetable.262
7.72 VIEWSbasetable.263
8 Conformance.265
8.1 ClaimsofconformancetoSQL/Schemata.265
8.2 AdditionalconformancerequirementsforSQL/Schemata.265
8.3 ImpliedfeaturerelationshipsofSQL/Schemata.265
AnnexA(informative) SQLconformancesummary.266
AnnexB(informative) Implementation-defined elements.292
AnnexC(informative) Implementation-dependent elements.295
AnnexD(informative) SQLoptionalfeaturetaxonomy.296
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AnnexE(informative) Deprecatedfeatures.299
AnnexF(informative) IncompatibilitieswithISO/IEC9075:2016.300
AnnexG(informative) DefectReportsnotaddressedinthiseditionofthisdocument.301
AnnexH(informative) SQLmandatoryfeaturetaxonomy.302
Index.304
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Tables
Table Page
1 ImpliedfeaturerelationshipsofSQL/Schemata.265
A.1 FeaturedefinitionsoutsideofConformanceRules.266
D.1 Featuretaxonomyforoptionalfeatures.296
H.1 Featuretaxonomyanddefinitionformandatoryfeatures.302
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ISO/IEC 9075-11:2023(E)
Foreword
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This document was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 32, Data management and interchange.
This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition (ISO/IEC 9075-11:2016), which has been
technically revised. It also incorporates the Technical Corrigenda ISO/IEC 9075-9:2016/Cor.1:2019 and
ISO/IEC 9075-9:2016/Cor.2:2022.
The main changes are as follows:
— improve the presentation and accuracy of the summaries of implementation-defined and
implementation-dependent aspects of this document;
— introduction of several digital artifacts;
— alignment with updated ISO house style and other guidelines for creating standards.
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This fifth edition of ISO/IEC 9075-11 is designed to be used in conjunction with the following editions of
other parts of the ISO/IEC 9075 series, all published in 2023:
— ISO/IEC 9075-1, sixth edition;
— ISO/IEC 9075-2, sixth edition;
— ISO/IEC 9075-3, sixth edition;
— ISO/IEC 9075-4, seventh edition;
— ISO/IEC 9075-9, fifth edition;
— ISO/IEC 9075-10, fifth edition;
— ISO/IEC 9075-13, fifth edition;
— ISO/IEC 9075-14, sixth edition;
— ISO/IEC 9075-15, second edition;
— ISO/IEC 9075-16, first edition.
A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 9075 series can be found on the ISO and IEC websites.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html and www.iec.ch/national-
committees.
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Introduction
Theorganizationofthisdocumentisasfollows:
1) Clause1,“Scope”,specifiesthescopeofthisdocument.
2) Clause2,“Normativereferences”,identifiesadditionalstandardsthat,throughreferenceinthis
document,constituteprovisionsofthisdocument.
3) Clause3,“Termsanddefinitions”,definesthetermsanddefinitionsusedinthisdocument.
4) Clause4,“Concepts”,presentsconceptsusedinthedefinitionofPersistentSQLmodules.
5) Clause5,“Lexicalelements”,definesthelexicalelementsofthelanguage.
6) Clause6,“InformationSchema”,definesviewedtablesthatcontainschemainformation.
7) Clause7,“DefinitionSchema”,definesbasetablesonwhichtheviewedtablescontainingschema
informationdepend.
8) Clause8,“Conformance”,definesthecriteriaforconformancetothisdocument.
9) AnnexA,“SQLconformancesummary”,isaninformativeAnnex.Itsummarizestheconformance
requirementsoftheSQLlanguage.
10) AnnexB,“Implementation-definedelements”,isaninformativeAnnex.Itliststhosefeaturesfor
whichthebodyofthisdocumentstatesthatthesyntax,themeaning,thereturnedresults,theeffect
onSQL-dataand/orschemas,orotheraspectispartlyorwhollyimplementation-defined.
11) AnnexC,“Implementation-dependentelements”,isaninformativeAnnex.Itliststhosefeaturesfor
whichthebodyofthisdocumentstatesthatthesyntax,themeaning,thereturnedresults,theeffect
onSQL-dataand/orschemas,orotheraspectispartlyorwhollyimplementation-dependent.
12) AnnexD,“SQLoptionalfeaturetaxonomy”,isaninformativeAnnex.Itidentifiestheoptionalfeatures
oftheSQLlanguagespecifiedinthisdocumentbyanidentifierandashortdescriptivename.This
taxonomyisusedtospecifyconformance.
13) AnnexE,“Deprecatedfeatures”,isaninformativeAnnex.Itlistsfeaturesthattheresponsible
TechnicalCommitteeintendsnottoincludeinafutureeditionofthisdocument.
14) AnnexF,“IncompatibilitieswithISO/IEC9075:2016”,isaninformativeAnnex.Itlistsincompatib-
ilitieswiththepreviouseditionofthisdocument.
15) AnnexG,“DefectReportsnotaddressedinthiseditionofthisdocument”,isaninformativeAnnex.
ItdescribestheDefectReportsthatwereknownatthetimeofpublicationofthisdocument.Each
oftheseproblemsisaproblemcarriedforwardfromthepreviouseditionoftheISO/IEC9075
series.Nonewproblemshavebeencreatedinthedraftingofthisdocument.
16) AnnexH,“SQLmandatoryfeaturetaxonomy”,isaninformativeAnnex.Itidentifiesmandatoryfea-
turesandsubfeaturesoftheSQLlanguagespecifiedinthisdocumentbyanidentifierandashort
descriptivename.ThistaxonomyisusedtospecifyconformancetoCoreSQL.
Inthetextofthisdocument,inClause6,“InformationSchema”,throughClause8,“Conformance”,Sub-
clausesbeginnewpages.Anyresultingblankspaceisnotsignificant.
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Informationtechnology—DatabaselanguageSQL—
Part11:
InformationandDefinitionSchemas(SQL/Schemata)
1 Scope
ThisdocumentspecifiesanInformationSchemaandaDefinitionSchemathatdescribesthefollowing
information.
— ThestructureandintegrityconstraintsofSQL-data.
— ThesecurityandauthorizationspecificationsrelatingtoSQL-data.
— ThefeaturesandsubfeaturesoftheISO/IEC9075series,andthesupportthateachofthesehasin
anSQL-implementation.
— TheSQL-implementationinformationandsizingitemsoftheISO/IEC9075seriesandthevalues
supportedbyanSQL-implementation.
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2 Normativereferences
Thefollowingdocumentsarereferredtointhetextinsuchawaythatsomeoralloftheircontentconsti-
tutesrequirementsofthisdocument.Fordatedreferences,onlytheeditioncitedapplies.Forundated
references,thelatesteditionofthereferenceddocument(includinganyamendments)applies.
ISO/IEC9075-1,Informationtechnology—Databaselanguages—SQL—Part1:Framework
(SQL/Framework)
ISO/IEC9075-2,Informationtechnology—Databaselanguages—SQL—Part2:Foundation
(SQL/Foundation)
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3 Termsanddefinitions
Forthepurposesofthisdocument,thetermsanddefinitionsgiveninISO/IEC9075-1andISO/IEC9075-
2apply.
ISOandIECmaintainterminologicaldatabasesforuseinstandardizationatthefollowingaddresses:
— ISOOnlinebrowsingplatform:availableathttps://www.iso.org/obp
— IECElectropedia:availableathttps://www.electropedia.org/
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4 Concepts
ThisClausemodifiesClause4,“Concepts”,inISO/IEC9075-2.
4.1 Notationsandconventions
ThisSubclausemodifiesSubclause4.1,“Notationsandconventions”,inISO/IEC9075-2.
4.1.1 Notations
ThisSubclausemodifiesSubclause4.1.1,“Notations”,inISO/IEC9075-2.
ThenotationsusedinthisdocumentaredefinedinISO/IEC9075-1.
4.1.2 ValuesinDescriptions
TheDescriptionsinClause7,“DefinitionSchema”,sometimesspecifyvaluesthataretoappearinrows
ofbasetables.Whensuchavalueisgivenasasequenceofcapitallettersenclosedins,
itdenotesthesamevalueaswouldbedenotedbytheobtainedbyreplacing
theenclosingsbys.Theneedforsuchnotationariseswhenthecolumnin
questionsometimes,inotherrows,containscharacterstringsdenotingSQLexpressions,possiblyeven
s.
4.2 IntroductiontotheDefinitionSchema
TheDefinitionSchemabasetablesaredefinedasbeinginaschemanamedDEFINITION_SCHEMA.The
tabledefinitionsareascompleteasthedefinitionalpowerofSQLallows.Thetabledefinitionsaresup-
plementedwithassertionswhereappropriate.
TheonlypurposeoftheDefinitionSchemaistoprovideadatamodeltosupporttheInformationSchema
andtoassistunderstanding.AnSQL-implementationneeddonomorethansimulatetheexistenceofthe
DefinitionSchema,asviewedthroughtheInformationSchemaviews.Thespecificationdoesnotimply
thatanSQL-implementationshallprovidethefunctionalityinthemannerdescribedintheDefinition
Schema.
ADefinitionSchemaDScompletelydescribesallcontentsofeveryschema,excludingitself,butincluding
theInformationSchema,containedinthecatalogCthatcontainsDS.Whensomeobject,suchasaconstraint
oraview,referencesanobjectcontainedinaschemacontainedinacatalogOC,OC≠C,thereferenceto
thatobjectcannotbeconfirmed,becausetheinformationaboutobjectscontainedinOCisnotnecessarily
availabletoDS.TheconstraintsdefinedinDScanthusguaranteeconsistencyonlywithinC.
BecausetheDEFINITION_SCHEMAreferencesobjectsthatareonlydefinedintheINFORMATION_SCHEMA,
itwouldnotnormallybepossibletocreatethesetwoschematausingtheCREATESCHEMAstatements
aswritten.ItisassumedthatanINFORMATION_SCHEMAanditsunderlyingDEFINITION_SCHEMAare
createdinsomeimplementation-dependent(UW003)wayatthetimethatacatalogiscreated.
InadditiontothedescriptorscreatedbytheeffectiveexecutionoftheCREATEINFORMATION_SCHEMA
statement,theDEFINITION_SCHEMAmustalsocontaindescriptionsofotherobjectdefinedbythe
standard,e.g.,thecharacterrepertoireSQL_IDENTIFER.
Thewayinwhichcertainconstraintsareexpressedcatersforthepossibilitythatanobjectisbeingref-
erencedthatexistsinacatalogthatisoutsidethepurviewoftheDefinitionSchemacontainingthereference
inquestion.Forexample,thedefinitionoftheVIEW_TABLE_USAGEbasetableinS
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