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Virtual Schemas |
CockroachDB includes several virtual schemas that enable you to interface with CockroachDB. |
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In addition to the public schema, CockroachDB supports a fixed set of virtual schemas, available in every database, that provide ancillary, non-stored data to client applications.
The following virtual schemas are included with CockroachDB:
information_schema, provided for compatibility with the SQL standard.crdb_internal, provided for introspection into CockroachDB internals.
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Tables in virtual schemas have varying levels of stability. Not all virtual schema tables are meant for programmatic purposes. See information_schema and crdb_internal for more details.
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