Get table names from a database

Question

I\'ve searched through a bunch of websites and I have not come across any code or tutorial which has gone through the specifics of obtaining the table names from a single da

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'

Answer 2

In MySQL this will list all databases:

show databases;

For each of these you can do:

use <database_name>;

and then

show tables;

Answer 3

if you are asking about .net code then You need SMO :

using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common;



public static List<Table> GetTables(string connection, string databaseName)
        {
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(connection))
                throw new ArgumentException("connection is null or empty.", "connection");

            Server srv = getServer(connection);
            return srv.Databases[databaseName].Tables.Cast<Table>().ToList();
        }

Answer 4

In SQL SERVER, you can just use -

select * from sys.tables

Answer 5

I used this query:

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'

It gives me table name as well as sysDiagram(database diagram generated for that database)

Answer 6

Here is the MySQL query you asked.

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA='mp21'