[dba-SQLServer] 2005 -- the demise of system tables

I haven't used ss 2005 yet but what do you mean "demise" of system tables?  
Can no longer query them or can no longer edit them directly?

In ss2k, I query the system tables occasionally but never ever modify them 
directly (with the exception of the dtproperties table but not sure if the 
dtproperties table really qualifies as a system table).  If I want 
information about objects, I first query the information-schema views; 
anything I can't get from those views I get it myself by querying the system 
tables directly.

Billy


>From: "Susan Harkins" <ssharkins at bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
>To: "SQLList" <dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com>
>Subject: [dba-SQLServer] 2005 -- the demise of system tables
>Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 17:39:00 -0400
>
>Is this going to matter to any of you?
>
>Susan H.
>
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