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RDB$DATABASE

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

Column Name Data Type Description
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.

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