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Adam K Dean
Adam K Dean

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Find column from all tables

A very useful SQL snippet today, courtesy of Danny Dawes and SQLAuthority.

The following query will list all tables that reference a specific column name:

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 '%EmployeeID%'
ORDER BY schema_name, table_name;
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Just change %EmployeeID% to the column name you're looking for.

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