Question

In SQL Server how do you query a database to bring back all the tables that have a field of a specific name?

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Solution

The following query will bring back a unique list of tables where Column_Name is equal to the column you are looking for:

SELECT Table_Name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE Column_Name = 'Desired_Column_Name'
GROUP BY Table_Name

OTHER TIPS

SELECT Table_Name
FROM Information_Schema.Columns
WHERE Column_Name = 'YourFieldName'

I'm old-school:

SELECT DISTINCT object_name(id)
FROM syscolumns
WHERE name = 'FIELDNAME'
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