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kifeda
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2006-10-17 : 10:57:07
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| How do I select the actual colmn name of a table? So I have a table called students, with firstname, lastname and studentid. I want to return the actual column names, NOT the data in the columns. Anyone?What about the tables? |
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snSQL
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2006-10-17 : 10:58:36
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| Take a look at selecting from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS and INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES. |
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kifeda
Posting Yak Master
136 Posts |
Posted - 2006-10-17 : 10:59:54
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| where do I find this information? |
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khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)
17689 Posts |
Posted - 2006-10-17 : 11:00:40
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Books OnLine
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
22864 Posts |
Posted - 2006-10-17 : 11:48:43
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| Books OnLine is sql server help fileMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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ytz
Starting Member
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Posted - 2006-10-18 : 11:02:46
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| SELECT Column_Name = c.Name,Data_Type = t.Name, TableView_Name = o.name, c.length FROM syscolumns cINNER JOIN sysobjects o ON c.id=o.id INNER JOIN systypes t ON c.xtype = t.xtypeWHERE o.Name = Table_Name AND c.Name = Column_Name |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
22864 Posts |
Posted - 2006-10-18 : 11:39:05
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quote:
Originally posted by ytz
SELECT Column_Name = c.Name,Data_Type = t.Name, TableView_Name = o.name, c.length FROM syscolumns cINNER JOIN sysobjects o ON c.id=o.id INNER JOIN systypes t ON c.xtype = t.xtypeWHERE o.Name = Table_Name AND c.Name = Column_Name
The view INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS has all these informationsMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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how do I select the colmn name?