# Collections: SQL Server Metadata Collections
- Catalog: `Database`
- Schema: `Invantive`
- Label: Metadata Collections
This is a read-only view. The SQL Server API may not support changing the data or the Invantive SQL driver for SQL Server does not cover it. In the latter case, please use the table NativePlatformScalarRequests to upload data to the SQL Server API.
## View Columns
The columns of the view `Collections` are shown below. Each column has an SQL data type.
| Name | Data Type | Label | Required | Documentation |
|---|:---:|---|:---:|---|
| `COLLECTION_NAME` | `string(240)` | Collection Name | ☐ | |
| `NUMBER_OF_IDENTIFIER_PARTS` | `int32` | Number of Identifier Parts | ☐ | |
| `NUMBER_OF_RESTRICTIONS` | `int32` | Number of Restrictions | ☐ | |
| `POPULATION_MECHANISM` | `string(240)` | Population Mechanism | ☐ | |
| `POPULATION_STRING` | `string(240)` | Population String | ☐ | |
| `SCHEMA_NAME` | `string(240)` | Schema | ☐ | |