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Overview

The catalog component of the dictionary comprises SYSTEM tables. SYSTEM tables contain logical definition information for a database defined with SQL DDL and information on the definition of the physical implementation of the database.

SYSCA views are views defined on a subset of SYSTEM tables. SYSCA views restrict information that the user can select from SYSTEM tables to data about tables for which the user holds SELECT privilege.

Important: SYSTEM tables are defined in segment SYSCAT. This segment is created as part of defining the SYSTEM schema. SYSCAT should not be used as a segment name, and no attempt should be made to alter or delete the SYSCAT segment definition.