How to Search for a Column Name Across All Tables in SQL Server

In this post, we want to discuss all tables containing columns with the specified names in SQL Server. Before we get started, if you want to know the necessity of Store Procedure, please go through the following article: Why do we need use Stored Procedure?

Say the column name is “MyColumnName”. The SQL is as bellow

SELECT c.name AS ColName, t.name AS TableName FROM sys.columns c
JOIN sys.tables t ON c.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE c.name LIKE '%MyColumnName%'

For searching in Tables and View in the same DB

SELECT COLUMN_NAME, TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS 
WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%MyColumnName%'

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