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tchinedu
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Posted - 11/07/2005 :  18:12:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Please help guys, how do I write a query to return all the column names for a table in my database

tkizer
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Posted - 11/07/2005 :  18:15:15  Show Profile  Visit tkizer's Homepage  Reply with Quote
SELECT COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'TableNameGoesHere'
ORDER BY ORDINAL_POSITION

Tara Kizer
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tchinedu
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Posted - 11/07/2005 :  19:45:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank You so much...very much appreciated
Edited by - tchinedu on 11/07/2005 19:46:03
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tkizer
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USA
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Posted - 11/07/2005 :  19:46:00  Show Profile  Visit tkizer's Homepage  Reply with Quote
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Thank You sir


It's ma'am, not sir. There are females in the IT industry.

Tara Kizer
Edited by - tkizer on 11/07/2005 19:49:18
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robvolk
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Posted - 11/07/2005 :  20:33:44  Show Profile  Visit robvolk's Homepage  Reply with Quote
You're not a woman...you're a GODDESS.

Well, as long as the husband remembers, I guess it's all right if you forget once in a while.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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derrickleggett
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Posted - 11/07/2005 :  21:36:27  Show Profile  Visit derrickleggett's Homepage  Send derrickleggett an AOL message  Send derrickleggett a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
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It's ma'am, not sir. There are females in the IT industry.


The best people I have ever worked for in the IT industry have been women.

MeanOldDBA
derrickleggett@hotmail.com

When life gives you a lemon, fire the DBA.
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madhivanan
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Posted - 11/08/2005 :  00:32:27  Show Profile  Send madhivanan a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
>>how do I write a query to return all the column names for a table in my database

Run this also

sp_Columns 'yourTable'

quote:
There are females in the IT industry.

I have seen many clever women working well in the IT Industry. Tara, You are one of them

Madhivanan

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