OBJECT_ID()

OBJECT_ID returns the database object identification number of a schema-scoped object.

Signature

OBJECT_ID ( ' [ database_name . [ schema_name ] . | schema_name . ]
  object_name' [ , 'object_type' ] )

Examples

SELECT OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#mytemptable');
NULL
SELECT OBJECT_ID('AdventureWorksPDW2012.dbo.FactFinance') AS 'Object ID';
NULL

Run against SQL Server 16.0.4265.3 on 2026-09-13. This is the output we got, not the documentation’s.

Available on

  • SQL Server 2017 and later
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Analytics Platform System (PDW)
  • Microsoft Fabric warehouse
  • Fabric SQL database

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