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

I typically use the GetSchema method to retrieve Column specific information, this snippet will return the column names in a string List:

        using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("<ConnectionString>"))
        {
            string[] restrictions = new string[4] { null, null, "<TableName>", null };
            conn.Open();
            var columnList = conn.GetSchema("Columns", restrictions).AsEnumerable().Select(s => s.Field<String>("Column_Name")).ToList();
        }