Get column name from SQL Server

Question

I\'m trying to get the column names of a table I have stored in SQL Server 2008 R2.

I\'ve literally tried everything but I can\'t seem to find how to do this.

Ri

Answer 1

You can use the query below to get the column names for your table. The query below gets all the columns for a user table of a given name:

select c.name from sys.columns c
inner join sys.tables t 
on t.object_id = c.object_id
and t.name = 'Usuarios' and t.type = 'U'

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In your code, it will look like that:

public string[] getColumnsName()
{
    List listacolumnas=new List();
    using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(Connection))
        using (SqlCommand command = connection.CreateCommand())
        {
            command.CommandText = "select c.name from sys.columns c inner join sys.tables t on t.object_id = c.object_id and t.name = 'Usuarios' and t.type = 'U'";
            connection.Open();
            using (var reader = command.ExecuteReader())
            {
                while (reader.Read())
                {
                    listacolumnas.Add(reader.GetString(0));
                }
            }
        }
    return listacolumnas.ToArray();
}