How can I get column names from a table in SQL Server?

Question

I want to query the name of all columns of a table. I found how to do this in:

• Oracle
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL

But I also need to know:

Answer 1

It will check whether the given the table is Base Table.

SELECT 
    T.TABLE_NAME AS 'TABLE NAME',
    C.COLUMN_NAME AS 'COLUMN NAME'
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES T
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS C ON T.TABLE_NAME=C.TABLE_NAME
    WHERE   T.TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'
            AND T.TABLE_NAME LIKE 'Your Table Name'

Answer 2

You can write this query to get column name and all details without using INFORMATION_SCHEMA in MySql :

SHOW COLUMNS FROM database_Name.table_name;

Answer 3

This SO question is missing the following approach :

-- List down all columns of table 'Logging'
select * from sys.all_columns where object_id = OBJECT_ID('Logging')

Answer 4

you can use this query

SELECT *
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME like N'%[ColumnName]%' and TABLE_NAME = N'[TableName]'

Answer 5

One other option which is arguably more intuitive is:

SELECT [name] 
FROM sys.columns 
WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID('[yourSchemaType].[yourTableName]') 

This gives you all your column names in a single column. If you care about other metadata, you can change edit the SELECT STATEMENT TO SELECT *.

Answer 6

SELECT column_name, data_type, character_maximum_length, table_name,ordinal_position, is_nullable 
FROM information_schema.COLUMNS WHERE table_name LIKE 'YOUR_TABLE_NAME'
ORDER BY ordinal_position