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

The original post was close to the goal, Just some small changes and you got it. Here is my solution.

   public List GetColumns(string tableName)
    {
        List colList = new List();
        DataTable dataTable = new DataTable();


        string cmdString = String.Format("SELECT TOP 0 * FROM {0}", tableName);

        if (ConnectionManager != null)
        {
            try
            {
                using (SqlDataAdapter dataContent = new SqlDataAdapter(cmdString, ConnectionManager.ConnectionToSQL))
                {
                    dataContent.Fill(dataTable);

                    foreach (DataColumn col in dataTable.Columns)
                    {
                       colList.Add(col.ColumnName);
                    }
                }                   
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                InternalError = ex.Message;
            }
        }


        return colList;
    }