sys.views / sys.all_views gain has_opaque_metadata and is_dropped_ledger_view.

Author: RyanLamansky

SqlServerSimulator.Tests/SsmsProgrammabilityNodeCatalogTests.cs

@@ -176,6 +176,21 @@ public void DatabaseFiles_ResolvesCrossDatabaseThroughMaster()
         AreEqual("master_Log", (string?)sim.ExecuteScalar("select name from master.sys.database_files where file_id = 2"));
     }
 
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void Views_ScriptAsColumns_ZeroForOrdinaryView()
+    {
+        // SMO's Script View As query reads has_opaque_metadata and
+        // is_dropped_ledger_view — both nullable bit, 0 for every ordinary
+        // view (probe-confirmed against SQL Server 2025), on sys.views and
+        // sys.all_views alike.
+        var sim = new Simulation();
+        sim.ExecuteBatches("create view dbo.v as select 1 as c");
+        AreEqual(0, sim.ExecuteScalar(
+            "select cast(has_opaque_metadata as int) + cast(is_dropped_ledger_view as int) from sys.views where name = 'v'"));
+        AreEqual(0, sim.ExecuteScalar(
+            "select cast(has_opaque_metadata as int) + cast(is_dropped_ledger_view as int) from sys.all_views where name = 'v'"));
+    }
+
     [TestMethod]
     public void ViewsNode_TrimmedSmoQuery_ReturnsCreatedView()
     {

SqlServerSimulator/BuiltInResources.Programmable.cs

@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ void Iso(string name, HeapColumn[] columns, Func<Parser.BatchContext, Database,
             new("with_check_option", SqlType.Bit, null, false),
             new("is_date_correlation_view", SqlType.Bit, null, false),
             new("ledger_view_type", SqlType.TinyInt, null, false),
+            // has_opaque_metadata / is_dropped_ledger_view: both nullable bit
+            // on real, 0 for every ordinary view (probe-confirmed against
+            // SQL Server 2025) — SMO's Script-As view query reads both.
+            new("has_opaque_metadata", SqlType.Bit, null, true),
+            new("is_dropped_ledger_view", SqlType.Bit, null, true),
         ], EnumerateViews);
 
         // sys.all_views shares sys.views' shape and row generator — user-view
@@ -155,6 +160,8 @@ void Iso(string name, HeapColumn[] columns, Func<Parser.BatchContext, Database,
             new("with_check_option", SqlType.Bit, null, false),
             new("is_date_correlation_view", SqlType.Bit, null, false),
             new("ledger_view_type", SqlType.TinyInt, null, false),
+            new("has_opaque_metadata", SqlType.Bit, null, true),
+            new("is_dropped_ledger_view", SqlType.Bit, null, true),
         ], EnumerateViews);
 
         // sys.procedures: per-procedure rows. Shipped column subset matches
@@ -658,6 +665,8 @@ private static IEnumerable<SqlValue[]> EnumerateViews(Parser.BatchContext batch,
                     SqlValue.FromBoolean(view.WithCheckOption),
                     falseBit,
                     ledgerViewTypeNone,
+                    falseBit,
+                    falseBit,
                 ];
             }
         }