List all tables containing a given column name

Question

How do a I list all tables containing a given column name? I\'m using Mysql version 4.1.13-nt-log. I know versions less than 5 dont have an information_scheme DB.

Answer 1

try this:

mysqldump -u root -p –all-databases –single-transaction > all.sql

and then do the searching the old-school way in a text editor with find

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also found this... looks promising, but I'm not sure how ambitious you are

http://mike.kruckenberg.com/presentations/Creating_INFORMATION_SCHEMA.pdf

Answer 2

Find all tables and columns where column names are like the search term:

SELECT DISTINCT TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME 
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%partial_column_name%'
    AND TABLE_SCHEMA='YourDatabase';

Answer 3

select table_name,column_name,data_type,data_length 
from user_tab_columns 
where column_name LIKE 'WHATEVER_U_WANT'
;

Answer 4

Much more easily

SELECT DISTINCT TABLE_NAME FROM your_schema.columns WHERE column_name = 'your_column_name';