I want to show all tables that have specified column name

Question

How can I get a list of all the tables that have a specific column name?

Answer 1

Pretty simple on a per database level

Use DatabaseName
Select * From INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS Where column_name = 'ColName'

Answer 2

select table_name
from information_schema.columns
where COLUMN_NAME = 'MyColumn'

Answer 3

You can use the information schema views:

SELECT DISTINCT TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME
FROM Information_Schema.Columns
WHERE COLUMN_NAME = 'ID'

Here's the MSDN reference for the "Columns" view: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188348.aspx

Answer 4

If you're trying to query an Oracle database, you might want to use

select owner, table_name 
from all_tab_columns
where column_name = 'ColName';

Answer 5

SELECT t.name AS table_name,
SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS schema_name,
c.name AS column_name,*
FROM sys.tables AS t
INNER JOIN sys.columns c ON t.OBJECT_ID = c.OBJECT_ID 
WHERE c.name LIKE '%YOUR_COLUMN%' 
ORDER BY schema_name, table_name;

In depth article by SQL Authority

Answer 6

SELECT      T.TABLE_NAME, C.COLUMN_NAME
FROM        INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS C
            INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES T ON T.TABLE_NAME = C.TABLE_NAME
WHERE       TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
            AND COLUMN_NAME = 'ColName'

This returns tables only and ignores views for anyone who is interested!

Answer 7

--get tables that contains selected columnName

SELECT  c.name AS ColName, t.name AS TableName
FROM sys.columns c
JOIN sys.tables t ON c.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE c.name LIKE '%batchno%'

its worked...

Answer 8

You can find what you're looking for in the information schema: SQL Server 2005 System Tables and Views I think you need SQL Server 2005 or higher to use the approach described in this article, but a similar method can be used for earlier versions.