How to determine which columns are shared between two tables?

Question

Very new to SQL Sever here... I understand the concept of joining tables, etc. but what is the easiest way to determine which columns are shared?

Say for instance we ha

Answer 1

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Table1') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #Table1
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Table2') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #Table2


SELECT      COLUMN_NAME AS 'ColumnName'
            ,TABLE_NAME AS  'TableName'
INTO        #Table1
FROM        INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE       TABLE_NAME = 'TABLE_NAME1'
ORDER BY    TableName
            ,ColumnName;

SELECT      COLUMN_NAME AS 'ColumnName'
            ,TABLE_NAME AS  'TableName'
INTO        #Table2
FROM        INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE       TABLE_NAME = 'TABLE_NAME2'
ORDER BY    TableName
            ,ColumnName;

SELECT #Table1.ColumnName
FROM #Table1
JOIN #Table2 ON #Table1.ColumnName = #Table2.ColumnName