what is meant by meta data in sql server??

[smileprince00]

what are metadata fnctions....how they can help the programming



thank you

regards rohit

[ck9663]

Very homework-ish...

What did google tell you?

--- CK

[nbiswas]

answer to what is meant by meta data in sql server

Gerenal conception of metadata is data about data

SQL has two sources to view the metadata:
a) Various system tables (e.g.
sysdepends,syso bjects,syscomme nts,syscolumns etc.)

and the INFORMATION_SCH EMA views

For more details please visit Managing Metadata in SQL Server 2005