Comma Separated List of all columns in the Database (Tablename | Column_names…)

Question

In SQL Server, I would like see Table_Name and all the Columns associated with that Table_Name in a database. So the Output should look like this:

      TABLE_N         


        

Answer 1

Since your question mentions 'in a database', rather than use the information schema, I used the database:

select t.name, 
        STUFF ((
            select ',' + c.name
            from TEST_DB.sys.columns c
                join TEST_DB.sys.tables tt on tt.object_id = t.object_id and t.object_id = c.object_id
                join TEST_DB.sys.schemas s on tt.schema_id = s.schema_id
            order by t.name, c.column_id
            for xml path('')), 1, 1, '') as columns
from TEST_DB.sys.tables t
            where t.name = 'PutTableNameHere if you want to filter'

Leave the where clause out for all tables in a specific database.