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`information_schema_catalog_name` is a table that always contains one row and one column containing the name of the current database (current catalog, in SQL terminology).

**Table 35.1. `information_schema_catalog_name` Columns**

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Column Type

Description

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`catalog_name` `sql_identifier`

Name of the database that contains this information schema

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