<![CDATA[sql server - JBay Solutions - The Dev Blog]]>http://blog.jbaysolutions.com/Ghost 0.7Wed, 16 Oct 2024 01:15:05 GMT60<![CDATA[SQL queries to get table and columns names for MySQL, PosgreSQL and SQL Server]]>Something that now and then are always needed, the SQL queries to get the list of table names from a database, or the column names for a table.
Below are the queries for MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL server.

MySQL

To get the table list:

show tables;

To get the

]]>http://blog.jbaysolutions.com/2015/12/01/sql-table-and-columns-from-mysql-postgresql-sqlserver/8f422c92-5eba-4227-8ebe-a3591f977eafTue, 01 Dec 2015 20:09:10 GMTSomething that now and then are always needed, the SQL queries to get the list of table names from a database, or the column names for a table.
Below are the queries for MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL server.

MySQL

To get the table list:

show tables;

To get the column list for a table:

show columns from <tableName>;


PostgreSQL

To get the table list:

SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_catalog ='<dbName>' and table_schema = 'public';

To get the column list for a table:

SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns where table_catalog = '<dbName>' and table_name = '<tableName>';


SQL Server

To get the table list:

SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM <dbName>.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables;

To get the column list for a table:

SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM <dbName>.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = '<tableName>';


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