How to select a colum if its table name was unkno

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How to select a colum if its table name was unkno

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prajeesh.prathapan
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Posted - 2010-07-30 : 07:13:56

hi,
From SQL Server i want to select a column from particular table. but i don't know the Table name.I know only the column name. in this case how i will write query to retrieve data from that particular column

please help me with required information
Prajeesh

khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)

17689 Posts

Posted - 2010-07-30 : 07:15:06

find out the table name using this


SELECT *
FROM   INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE  COLUMN_NAME = 'xxx'

KH
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