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<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am unable to view the schemas in the Query editor when I select SQL server(ODBC) datasource.<br>
I am using a read-only user for connecting to the datasource.</p>
<p>Upon further investigating, I found the query that is used to fetch the schema and table names.</p>
<pre><code class="lang-auto">SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE table_schema NOT IN ('guest','INFORMATION_SCHEMA','sys','db_owner','db_accessadmin'
,'db_securityadmin','db_ddladmin','db_backupoperator','db_datareader'
,'db_datawriter','db_denydatareader','db_denydatawriter'
);
</code></pre>
<p>Although, this query works fine when it is run.</p>
<p>Let me know if you’ll need more information.</p>
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<p>Thanks for your report. Do you see anything in Redash’s logs about the failed query?</p>
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