System views

StepsTo view detailed system information views and definitions (Sybase Central):

  1. Connect to the database as a user with DBA authority.

  2. Right-click the database and choose Configure Owner/Container Filtering.

  3. Click SYS and then click OK.

  4. In the left pane, double-click Views.

  5. In the left pane, click a view, and in the right pane, click the SQL tab.

  6. Click the Data tab to view detailed information about the selected view.

The following table lists system views. For syntax, see Chapter 8, “System Views,” of Reference: Building Blocks, Tables, and Procedures

System View name

SYSCOLUMNS system view

SYSFKEY system view

SYSIQBACKUPHISTORY system view

SYSIQBACKUPHISTORYDETAIL system view

SYSIQDBFILE system view

SYSIQDBSPACE system view

SYSIQIDX system view

SYSIQINFO system view

SYSIQJOINIDX system view

SYSIQJOINIXCOLUMN system view

SYSIQJOINIXTABLE system view

SYSIQPARTITIONCOLUMN system view

SYSIQTAB system view

SYSLOGINPOLICY system view

SYSLOGINPOLICYOPTION system view

SYSPARTITION system view

SYSPARTITIONKEY system view

SYSPARTITIONSCHEME system view

SYSSSYNCPROFILE system view

SYSUSER system view

Additional system views are common to both Sybase IQ and SQL Anywhere.

See ”System views”in SQL Anywhere Server - SQL Reference.

For deprecated system views, see “Deprecated features”. These views are visible in the product, but replaced by other views and therefore no longer documented.