The COLUMN_PRIVILEGES rowset identifies the privileges on columns of tables defined in the catalog that are available to or granted by a given user.
The COLUMN_PRIVILEGES rowset contains the following columns.
| Column name | Type indicator | Description |
| GRANTOR | DBTYPE_WSTR | User who granted the privileges on the table in TABLE_NAME. |
| GRANTEE | DBTYPE_WSTR | User name (or "PUBLIC") to whom the privilege has been granted. |
| TABLE_CATALOG | DBTYPE_WSTR | Catalog name in which the table is defined. NULL if the provider does not support catalogs. |
| TABLE_SCHEMA | DBTYPE_WSTR | Unqualified schema name in which the table is defined. NULL if the provider does not support schemas. |
| TABLE_NAME | DBTYPE_WSTR | Table name. |
| COLUMN_NAME | DBTYPE_WSTR | Column name. This column, together with the COLUMN_GUID and COLUMN_PROPID columns, forms the column ID. One or more of these columns will be NULL depending on which elements of the DBID structure the provider uses. |
| COLUMN_GUID | DBTYPE_GUID | Column GUID. |
| COLUMN_PROPID | DBTYPE_UI4 | Column property ID. |
| PRIVILEGE_TYPE | DBTYPE_WSTR | Privilege type. One of the following:
"SELECT" |
| IS_GRANTABLE | DBTYPE_BOOL | VARIANT_TRUE—The privilege being described was granted with the WITH GRANT OPTION clause. VARIANT_FALSE—The privilege being described was not granted with the WITH GRANT OPTION clause. |
Default Sort Order: TABLE_CATALOG, TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_GUID, COLUMN_PROPID, PRIVILEGE_TYPE