I have a database and a lot of tables inside it. I wrote some information into the each table and column's decription part. And now using query i want to see all table and columns descriptions.
Note: DATABASE -> ms sql server
Can you please help me ?
You can see that using INFORMATION_SCHEMA
To get columns for each table you can do:
SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
To get table information you can do:
SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
Check this query:
SELECT
t.name AS TableName
, td.value AS TableDescription
, c.name AS ColumnName
, cd.value AS ColumnDescription
FROM sys.tables t
INNER JOIN sys.columns c ON t.object_id = c.object_id
LEFT JOIN sys.extended_properties td
ON td.major_id = t.object_id
AND td.minor_id = 0
AND td.name = 'MS_Description'
LEFT JOIN sys.extended_properties cd
ON cd.major_id = t.object_id
AND cd.minor_id = c.column_id
AND cd.name = 'MS_Description'
select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
select * from user_col_comments;
This will display all tables's column with comments for the logged in user.
select * from user_col_comments where table_name = '<table name>';
This will display specified tables's column with comments for the logged in user.
desc table_name query is used to describe the table
Related
With SQL Server 2016 supporting Temporal Tables I wonder if there is a way to determine if a table is currently temporal? Something like
select * from sys.objects where object_id('dbo.MyTable', 'u') = parent_object_id and type_desc = "SYSTEM_VERSIONED"
SELECT temporal_type
FROM sys.tables
WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID('dbo.MyTable', 'u')
0 = NON_TEMPORAL_TABLE
1 = HISTORY_TABLE
2 = SYSTEM_VERSIONED_TEMPORAL_TABLE
Documentation
Another way of listing temporal tables with their history tables together is given in this SQL tutorial as List Temporal and History Tables in a SQL Server Database
select
t.object_id,
t.name,
t.temporal_type,
t.temporal_type_desc,
h.object_id,
h.name,
h.temporal_type,
h.temporal_type_desc
from sys.tables t
inner join sys.tables h on t.history_table_id = h.object_id
Here is a simple answer to the original basic question:
SELECT *
FROM sys.tables
WHERE name = 'MyTable'
AND schema_id = SCHEMA_ID('dbo')
AND temporal_type_desc = 'SYSTEM_VERSIONED_TEMPORAL_TABLE'
And here is a similar query looking for the actual system managed history table:
SELECT h.* FROM sys.tables p
INNER JOIN sys.tables h
ON p.history_table_id = h.object_id
WHERE p.name = 'MyTable'
AND p.schema_id = SCHEMA_ID('dbo')
AND p.temporal_type_desc = 'SYSTEM_VERSIONED_TEMPORAL_TABLE';
This query will give you the system versioned tables, the associated history tables, the retention policy, and whether the retention policy is enabled at the database level.
From Microsoft Docs
SELECT DB.is_temporal_history_retention_enabled,
SCHEMA_NAME(T1.schema_id) AS TemporalTableSchema,
T1.name as TemporalTableName, SCHEMA_NAME(T2.schema_id) AS HistoryTableSchema,
T2.name as HistoryTableName,T1.history_retention_period,
T1.history_retention_period_unit_desc
FROM sys.tables T1
OUTER APPLY (select is_temporal_history_retention_enabled from sys.databases
where name = DB_NAME()) AS DB
LEFT JOIN sys.tables T2
ON T1.history_table_id = T2.object_id WHERE T1.temporal_type = 2
I just want to get the tables and their corresponding columns which are written as a part of stored procedure using t-sql? How can I get a list of the same? Can anyone help me? Thanks.
If you have table names with you, use following query to get the required details as:
SELECT COLUMN_NAME,DATA_TYPE,CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH,IS_NULLABLE,COLUMN_DEFAULT,TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME IN ('TBL1','TBL2') ORDER BY TABLE_NAME
I tried following effort to get my query resolved.
SELECT distinct sp.name as StoredProc, tbl.name AS [Table], col.name AS [Column]
FROM sysobjects sp
INNER JOIN sysdepends sd ON sp.id = sd.id
INNER JOIN sysobjects tbl ON tbl.id = sd.depid
INNER JOIN syscolumns col ON col.colid = sd.depnumber AND col.id = sd.depid
WHERE sp.name IN ( SELECT name FROM sysobjects WHERE id IN(SELECT id from syscomments
WHERE text LIKE '%passParamToGetYourSPs_%'))
--group BY sp.name
--AND sp.name = 'Search_SP_Name'
ORDER BY sp.name, tbl.name, col.name
Thanks for all your efforts. Smile | :)
How can I determine column metadata from a table synonym in a SQL Server 2005 database? I have a synonym called 'ProjectSyn' for a table called 'Project', but I can find no column metadata for the synonym.
My guess is to somewhere determine the 'base table' for the synonym, then query for column metadata for that table. Is this a correct approach, and if not, what would be?
This is my solution which works with synonyms of different databases:
SELECT TOP 0 * INTO #TEMP1 FROM YourTable
SELECT
[column_name] = c.name,
[data_type] = t.name,
[character_maximum_length] = c.max_length
FROM tempdb.sys.columns c
inner join tempdb.sys.types t on t.system_type_id = c.system_type_id
WHERE [object_id] = object_id('tempdb..#TEMP1');
DROP TABLE #TEMP1
Something like this? (edited)
select c.*
from
sys.columns c
inner join sys.synonyms s on c.object_id = object_id(s.base_object_name)
where
s.name = 'ProjectSyn'
Yes, I think getting the base object and then retrieve the columns, is your only option.
To get the base object name for a synonym, just query the view sys.synonyms
I have a table (DB_TableInfo) in my DB like the following
TableId Type
859374678 R
579845658 B
478625849 R
741587469 E
.
.
.
this table represents all tables in my DB. What I wanna do is to write a query to select tables of Type 'R', get their Id and return the Name of the table belonging to that Id (the TableName column is not available in the specified table)
Can anybody help me out?
I wanna write a query similar to this one!
SELECT TableID = OBJECT_NAME FROM [DB_TableInfo] WHERE Type = 'R'
From the mention of sys.objects and use of square brackets I assume you are on SQL Server.
You can use the object_name function.
SELECT OBJECT_NAME(TableID) /*Might match objects that aren't tables as well though*/
FROM [DB_TableInfo]
WHERE Type = 'R'
Or join onto sys.tables
SELECT T.name
FROM [DB_TableInfo] D
join sys.tables T ON D.TableID = T.object_id
WHERE D.Type = 'R'
And to exclude empty tables
SELECT t.name
FROM DB_TableInfo d
JOIN sys.tables t ON d.TableId = t.object_id
JOIN sys.dm_db_partition_stats ps ON ps.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE d.Type = 'R' and ps.index_id <= 1
GROUP BY d.TableId, t.name
HAVING SUM(ps.row_count) > 0
I need an sql query to enumerate all views (I only need the view names) of a specific database in SQL Server 2005.
To finish the set off (with what has already been suggested):
SELECT * FROM sys.views
This gives extra properties on each view, not available from sys.objects (which contains properties common to all types of object) or INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS. Though INFORMATION_SCHEMA approach does provide the view definition out-of-the-box.
SELECT SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS schema_name
,name AS view_name
,OBJECTPROPERTYEX(OBJECT_ID,'IsIndexed') AS IsIndexed
,OBJECTPROPERTYEX(OBJECT_ID,'IsIndexable') AS IsIndexable
FROM sys.views
SELECT *
FROM sys.objects
WHERE type = 'V'
Run this adding DatabaseName in where condition.
SELECT TABLE_NAME, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY TABLE_NAME) AS 'RowNumber'
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS
WHERE TABLE_CATALOG = 'DatabaseName'
or remove where condition adding use.
use DataBaseName
SELECT TABLE_NAME, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY TABLE_NAME) AS 'RowNumber'
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS
select v.name
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS iv
join sys.views v on v.name = iv.Table_Name
where iv.Table_Catalog = 'Your database name'
Some time you need to access with schema name,as an example you are using AdventureWorks Database you need to access with schemas.
SELECT s.name +'.'+v.name FROM sys.views v inner join sys.schemas s on s.schema_id = v.schema_id
Necromancing.
Since you said ALL views, technically, all answers to date are WRONG.
Here is how to get ALL views:
SELECT
sch.name AS view_schema
,sysv.name AS view_name
,ISNULL(sysm.definition, syssm.definition) AS view_definition
,create_date
,modify_date
FROM sys.all_views AS sysv
INNER JOIN sys.schemas AS sch
ON sch.schema_id = sysv.schema_id
LEFT JOIN sys.sql_modules AS sysm
ON sysm.object_id = sysv.object_id
LEFT JOIN sys.system_sql_modules AS syssm
ON syssm.object_id = sysv.object_id
-- INNER JOIN sys.objects AS syso ON syso.object_id = sysv.object_id
WHERE (1=1)
AND (sysv.type = 'V') -- seems unnecessary, but who knows
-- AND sch.name = 'INFORMATION_SCHEMA'
/*
AND sysv.is_ms_shipped = 0
AND NOT EXISTS
(
SELECT * FROM sys.extended_properties AS syscrap
WHERE syscrap.major_id = sysv.object_id
AND syscrap.minor_id = 0
AND syscrap.class = 1
AND syscrap.name = N'microsoft_database_tools_support'
)
*/
ORDER BY
view_schema
,view_name
This is old, but I thought I'd put this out anyway since I couldn't find a query that would give me ALL the SQL code from EVERY view I had out there. So here it is:
SELECT SM.definition
FROM sys.sql_modules SM
INNER JOIN sys.Objects SO ON SM.Object_id = SO.Object_id
WHERE SO.type = 'v'