kylepbit commented on a change in pull request #9368:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/9368#discussion_r652296037



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+ */
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+option java_package = "org.apache.arrow.flight.sql.impl";
+package arrow.flight.protocol.sql;
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper for the result of a "GetSQLInfo" action.
+ */
+message ActionGetSQLInfoResult {
+  /*
+   * Values are modelled after ODBC's SQLGetInfo() function. This information 
is intended to provide
+   * Flight SQL clients with basic, SQL syntax and SQL functions related 
information.
+   * More information types can be added in future releases.
+   * E.g. more SQL syntax support types, scalar functions support, type 
conversion support etc.
+   *
+   * Initially, Flight SQL will support the following information types:
+   * - Server Information
+   * -
+   *
+   * 1. Server Information: Provides basic information about the Flight SQL 
Server.
+   *
+   * The name of the Flight SQL Server.
+   * FLIGHT_SQL_SERVER_NAME
+   *
+   * The native version of the Flight SQL Server.
+   * FLIGHT_SQL_SERVER_VERSION
+   *
+   * The Arrow version of the Flight SQL Server.
+   * FLIGHT_SQL_SERVER_ARROW_VERSION
+   *
+   * Indicates whether the Flight SQL Server is read only.
+   * FLIGHT_SQL_SERVER_READ_ONLY
+   *
+   * Indicates whether the Flight SQL Server supports both read and write.
+   * FLIGHT_SQL_SERVER_READ_WRITE
+   *
+   * 2. SQL Syntax Information: provides information about SQL syntax 
supported by the Flight SQL Server.
+   *
+   * Indicates whether the Flight SQL Server supports CREATE and DROP of 
catalogs.
+   * In a SQL environment, a catalog is a collection of schemas.
+   * SQL_DDL_CATALOG
+   *
+   * Indicates whether the Flight SQL Server supports CREATE and DROP of 
schemas.
+   * In a SQL environment, a catalog is a collection of tables, views, indexes 
etc.
+   * SQL_DDL_SCHEMA
+   *
+   * Indicates whether the Flight SQL Server supports CREATE and DROP of 
tables.
+   * In a SQL environment, a table is a collection of rows of information. 
Each row of information
+   * may have one or more columns of data.
+   * SQL_DDL_TABLE
+   *
+   * Indicates the case sensitivity of catalog, table and schema names.
+   * SQL_IDENTIFIER_CASE
+   *
+   * Indicates the supported character(s) used to surround a delimited 
identifier.
+   * SQL_IDENTIFIER_QUOTE_CHAR
+   *
+   * Indicates case sensitivity of quoted identifiers.
+   * SQL_QUOTED_IDENTIFIER_CASE
+   *
+   */
+  map<string, GetSQLInfoValue> flight_sql_info = 1;
+
+  // Implementation specific custom SQLInfo values.
+  map<string, GetSQLInfoValue> custom_info = 2;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper for values returned in ActionGetSQLInfoResult.
+ */
+message GetSQLInfoValue {
+  oneof value {
+    string string_value = 1;
+    int32 integer_value = 2;
+    int32 integer_bitmask = 3;
+    int32 integer_flag = 4;
+    bytes binary_value = 5;
+    int64 long_value = 6;
+  }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Request message for the "GetCatalogs" action on a 
+ * Flight SQL enabled backend. 
+ * Requests a list of catalogs available in the server.
+ */
+message ActionGetCatalogsRequest {
+  /*
+   * Specifies the order of result values.
+   */ 
+  ResultsOrder order = 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wrap the result of a "GetCatalogs" action.
+ */
+message ActionGetCatalogsResult {
+  repeated string catalog = 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Request message for the "GetSchemas" action on a 
+ * Flight SQL enabled backend. 
+ * Requests a list of schemas available in the server.
+ */
+message ActionGetSchemasRequest {
+  /*
+   * Specifies the order of result values with precedence:
+   *  - catalog
+   *  - schema
+   */
+  ResultsOrder order = 1;
+
+  /*
+   * Specifies the Catalog to search for schemas.
+   * If omitted, then schemas for all catalogs are searched.
+   */ 
+  string catalog = 2;
+
+  /*
+   * Specifies a filter pattern for schemas to search for.
+   * When no schema_filter_pattern is provided, the pattern will not be used 
to narrow the search.
+   * In the pattern string, two special characters can be used to denote 
matching rules:
+   *    - "%" means to match any substring with 0 or more characters.
+   *    - "_" means to match any one character.
+   */
+  string schema_filter_pattern = 3;

Review comment:
       @emkornfield - rather than define new pseudo tables, would it be better 
to align to what's already in the INFORMATION_SCHEMA?




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