To get table details - sql

I want to get all table names and fields in that table from a particular database.
Please help me to solve this.

Try looking at the sys.objects and sys.columns tables:
SELECT * FROM SYS.OBJECTS
WHERE TYPE = 'U'
Would give you all of the tables in that database (Type U)
SELECT 'Table name : ' + so.name, ' Column Name: ' + sc.name FROM SYS.OBJECTS so
INNER JOIN sys.columns sc ON sc.OBJECT_ID = so.OBJECT_ID
WHERE TYPE = 'U'
Would give you all of the tables in that database and the column names. You could filter on these queries and do WHERE so.name = 'Your Table'
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190324.aspx

use the syntax :-sp_help your table name
like this
sp_help Payroll_Shift

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sql server showing invaild object name thouh having table

Getting invalid object name <table_name> while selecting the table name, since it is connecting
select * from user.tablename giving output
select * from tablename not giving output
since connectd database as well
use dbname
please help me out here
is this any grant related issue, im using sql serevr express edition
give dbo permissions to replace the user.table_name
ALTER SCHEMA dbo transfer USER.TABLE_NAME
AND to get all this ,run below query
SELECT 'ALTER SCHEMA dbo TRANSFER ' + s.Name + '.' + o.Name
FROM sys.Objects o
INNER JOIN sys.Schemas s on o.schema_id = s.schema_id
WHERE s.Name = 'compmsauser'
And (o.Type = 'U' Or o.Type = 'P' Or o.Type = 'V')

Find the column names of Temp table

I need to find the column names of temp table.
If it is a physical table then we can either use sys.columns or Information_schema.columns system views to find the column names.
Similarly is there a way to find the column names present in temp table?
SELECT *
FROM tempdb.sys.columns
WHERE object_id = Object_id('tempdb..#sometemptable');
To get only columns name you can use this query below:
SELECT *
FROM tempdb.sys.columns
WHERE [object_id] = OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#temp');
To get columns name with data type you can use this query but you need to make sure sp_help runs in the same database where the table is located (tempdb).
EXEC tempdb.dbo.sp_help #objname = N'#temp';
you can achieve same result by joining against tempdb.sys.columns like below:
SELECT [column] = c.name,
[type] = t.name, c.max_length, c.precision, c.scale, c.is_nullable
FROM tempdb.sys.columns AS c
INNER JOIN tempdb.sys.types AS t
ON c.system_type_id = t.system_type_id
AND t.system_type_id = t.user_type_id
WHERE [object_id] = OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb.dbo.#temp');

Find references to one database's columns in all other databases

I want these 5 columns as output when a stored procedure, in any database on the server, references a column in a specific database (let's say the database is AA).
Column_name Table_Name Schema_Name Procedure_Name Database_Name
Four of the columns are really easy to get - for the current database that you're in:
SELECT
TableName = t.Name,
SchemaName = s.Name,
ColumnName = c.Name,
DatabaseName = DB_NAME()
FROM
sys.tables t
INNER JOIN
sys.schemas s ON [t].[schema_id] = [s].[schema_id]
INNER JOIN
sys.columns c ON [t].[object_id] = [c].[object_id]
What you cannot get easily is all columns across all tables in all databases. Also: determining in which procedure each column is used is also rather tricky (or next to impossible).
From marc_s answer i generate a query which gives comma separated Procedure_Name depended by that table
SELECT
TableName = t.Name,
SchemaName = s.Name,
ColumnName = c.Name,
DatabaseName = DB_NAME(),
STUFF((SELECT ',' + name
FROM sys.procedures
WHERE object_id in (SELECT distinct id from sys.sysdepends
WHERE depid = (SELECT object_id FROM sys.tables
WHERE name=t.Name)
)
FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 0, '') AS sps
FROM
sys.tables t
INNER JOIN
sys.schemas s ON [t].[schema_id] = [s].[schema_id]
INNER JOIN
sys.columns c ON [t].[object_id] = [c].[object_id]

Query to find out the stored procedure depending on a column

I have to change the name and the datatype of a column of a table. I have about 150 stored procedures in the database, out of which about 25 refer to the same column. I need a query that can find the name of all the stored procedures which are dependent on this column.
I use this query:
SELECT OBJECT_NAME(M.object_id), M.*
FROM sys.sql_modules M
JOIN sys.procedures P
ON M.object_id = P.object_id
WHERE M.definition LIKE '%blah%'
Obviously you'd have to substitute "blah" for the name of your column.
Try this 1
From Sp
SELECT Name as [Stored Procedure Name]
FROM sys.procedures
WHERE OBJECT_DEFINITION(OBJECT_ID) LIKE '%getdate%' order by Name
From Table
SELECT t.name AS table_name,
SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS schema_name,
c.name AS column_name
FROM sys.tables AS t
INNER JOIN sys.columns c ON t.OBJECT_ID = c.OBJECT_ID
WHERE c.name LIKE '%EmployeeID%'
ORDER BY schema_name, table_name;
Problem:
As you know there is no way to query what fields are referenced by a function or stored procedure.
The closest we can get is an approximation.
We can tell which tables are referenced and what fields might possibly be referenced by those tables.
For example, if you have "CreatedDate" referenced by the "Person" table and you join to the "Order" table (which also has a "CreatedDate" field), it will find a “false-positive” match to "Order.CreatedDate" when you were only looking for "Person.CreatedDate".
Searching the Text of the object's script for field names is unfortunately the best we can do for now.
The good news is, it won’t miss identifying fields that are actually used.
If anything it might pull in more than what were used (due to shared field names or commented out code).
The only exception would be dynamic SQL, as Tables are not linked to Object Scripts if they are embedded in a dynamic string.
Workaround:
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[ft_Schema_Column_Script]
(
#ScriptName nVarChar(128) = '%',
#TableName nVarChar(128) = '%',
#ColumnName nVarChar(128) = '%'
)
RETURNS TABLE
AS
RETURN
(
SELECT ##SERVERNAME[ServerName], DB_NAME()[DatabaseName],
SS.name[ScriptSchemaName], SO.name[ScriptName],
SO.type_desc[ScriptType],
TS.name[TableSchemaName], T.name[TableName], C.name[ColumnName],
UT.name[ColumnType], C.max_length[MaxLength],
C.precision[NumericPrecision], C.scale[Scale],
C.is_nullable[Nullable],
C.is_identity[IsIdentity],
C.column_id[Ordinal],
EP.value[Description]
FROM sys.sql_modules as M
JOIN sys.objects as SO--Script Object.
ON M.object_id = SO.object_id
JOIN sys.schemas as SS--Script Schema.
ON SS.schema_id = SO.schema_id
JOIN sys.sql_expression_dependencies D
ON D.referencing_id = SO.object_id
JOIN sys.tables as T
ON T.object_id = D.referenced_id
JOIN sys.schemas as TS--Table Schema.
ON TS.schema_id = T.schema_id
JOIN sys.columns as C
ON C.object_id = T.object_id
LEFT JOIN sys.types AS UT--Left Join because of user-defined/newer types.
ON UT.user_type_id = C.user_type_id
LEFT JOIN sys.extended_properties AS EP
ON EP.major_id = C.object_id
AND EP.minor_id = C.column_id
AND EP.name = 'MS_Description'
WHERE T.name LIKE #TableName ESCAPE '\'
AND C.name LIKE #ColumnName ESCAPE '\'
AND SO.name LIKE #ScriptName ESCAPE '\'
--Use RegEx to exclude false-posotives by from similar ColumnNames.
-- (e.g. Ignore the "ModifiedBy" field when matching on "Modified").
-- Use C.name instead of #ColumnName to further reduce false-positives.
AND M.definition LIKE ( N'%[ ~`!##$\%\^&*()+-=\[\]\\{}|;'''':",./<>?]'
+ C.name
+ N'[ ~`!##$\%\^&*()+-=\[\]\\{}|;'''':",./<>?]%'
) ESCAPE '\'
)
GO
Test:
SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED
SELECT * FROM dbo.ft_Schema_Column_Script('ScriptName', DEFAULT, DEFAULT) as C
SELECT * FROM dbo.ft_Schema_Column_Script(DEFAULT, 'TableName', DEFAULT) as C
SELECT * FROM dbo.ft_Schema_Column_Script(DEFAULT, DEFAULT, 'ColumnName') as C
SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ COMMITTED
Test the example above to see if it's good enough to meet your needs.
Results:
Example output when running this function searching for the Column Name "Created".
It searches Stored Procedures (Sprocs), User-Defined-Functions (UDF's), Triggers, but not Jobs.
The cool thing is:
This not only searches for Columns referenced by Scripts,but also Scripts referenced by Columns (or Tables)!
-- Search in All Objects
SELECT OBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID),
definition
FROM sys.sql_modules
WHERE definition LIKE '%' + 'BusinessEntityID' + '%'
Search in Stored Procedures Only:
SELECT DISTINCT OBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID),
object_definition(OBJECT_ID)
FROM sys.Procedures
WHERE object_definition(OBJECT_ID) LIKE '%' + 'BusinessEntityID' + '%'

SQL Server: Get table primary key using sql query [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
How do you list the primary key of a SQL Server table?
(28 answers)
Closed 3 years ago.
I want to get a particular table's primary key using SQL query for SQL Server database.
In MySQL I am using following query to get table primary key:
SHOW KEYS FROM tablename WHERE Key_name = 'PRIMARY'
What is equivalent of above query for SQL Server ?.
If There is a query that will work for both MySQL and SQL Server then It will be an ideal case.
I also found another one for SQL Server:
SELECT COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
WHERE OBJECTPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID(CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA + '.' + QUOTENAME(CONSTRAINT_NAME)), 'IsPrimaryKey') = 1
AND TABLE_NAME = 'TableName' AND TABLE_SCHEMA = 'Schema'
Found another one:
SELECT
KU.table_name as TABLENAME
,column_name as PRIMARYKEYCOLUMN
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS AS TC
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE AS KU
ON TC.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY'
AND TC.CONSTRAINT_NAME = KU.CONSTRAINT_NAME
AND KU.table_name='YourTableName'
ORDER BY
KU.TABLE_NAME
,KU.ORDINAL_POSITION
;
I have tested this on SQL Server 2003/2005
Using SQL SERVER 2005, you can try
SELECT i.name AS IndexName,
OBJECT_NAME(ic.OBJECT_ID) AS TableName,
COL_NAME(ic.OBJECT_ID,ic.column_id) AS ColumnName
FROM sys.indexes AS i INNER JOIN
sys.index_columns AS ic ON i.OBJECT_ID = ic.OBJECT_ID
AND i.index_id = ic.index_id
WHERE i.is_primary_key = 1
Found at SQL SERVER – 2005 – Find Tables With Primary Key Constraint in Database
From memory, it's either this
SELECT * FROM sys.objects
WHERE type = 'PK'
AND object_id = OBJECT_ID ('tableName')
or this..
SELECT * FROM sys.objects
WHERE type = 'PK'
AND parent_object_id = OBJECT_ID ('tableName')
I think one of them should probably work depending on how the data is stored
but I am afraid I have no access to SQL to actually verify the same.
SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM {DATABASENAME}.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE '{TABLENAME}' AND CONSTRAINT_NAME LIKE 'PK%'
WHERE
{DATABASENAME} = your database from your server AND
{TABLENAME} = your table name from which you want to see the primary key.
NOTE : enter your database name and table name without brackets.
select *
from sysobjects
where xtype='pk' and
parent_obj in (select id from sysobjects where name='tablename')
this will work in sql 2005
The code I'll give you works and retrieves not only keys, but a lot of data from a table in SQL Server. Is tested in SQL Server 2k5/2k8, dunno about 2k. Enjoy!
SELECT DISTINCT
sys.tables.object_id AS TableId,
sys.columns.column_id AS ColumnId,
sys.columns.name AS ColumnName,
sys.types.name AS TypeName,
sys.columns.precision AS NumericPrecision,
sys.columns.scale AS NumericScale,
sys.columns.is_nullable AS IsNullable,
( SELECT
COUNT(column_name)
FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE
WHERE
TABLE_NAME = sys.tables.name AND
CONSTRAINT_NAME =
( SELECT
constraint_name
FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS
WHERE
TABLE_NAME = sys.tables.name AND
constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY' AND
COLUMN_NAME = sys.columns.name
)
) AS IsPrimaryKey,
sys.columns.max_length / 2 AS CharMaxLength /*BUG*/
FROM
sys.columns, sys.types, sys.tables
WHERE
sys.tables.object_id = sys.columns.object_id AND
sys.types.system_type_id = sys.columns.system_type_id AND
sys.types.user_type_id = sys.columns.user_type_id AND
sys.tables.name = 'TABLE'
ORDER BY
IsPrimaryKey
You can use only the primary key part, but I think that the rest might become handy.
Best regards,
David
This should list all the constraints and at the end you can put your filters
/* CAST IS DONE , SO THAT OUTPUT INTEXT FILE REMAINS WITH SCREEN LIMIT*/
WITH ALL_KEYS_IN_TABLE (CONSTRAINT_NAME,CONSTRAINT_TYPE,PARENT_TABLE_NAME,PARENT_COL_NAME,PARENT_COL_NAME_DATA_TYPE,REFERENCE_TABLE_NAME,REFERENCE_COL_NAME)
AS
(
SELECT CONSTRAINT_NAME= CAST (PKnUKEY.name AS VARCHAR(30)) ,
CONSTRAINT_TYPE=CAST (PKnUKEY.type_desc AS VARCHAR(30)) ,
PARENT_TABLE_NAME=CAST (PKnUTable.name AS VARCHAR(30)) ,
PARENT_COL_NAME=CAST ( PKnUKEYCol.name AS VARCHAR(30)) ,
PARENT_COL_NAME_DATA_TYPE= oParentColDtl.DATA_TYPE,
REFERENCE_TABLE_NAME='' ,
REFERENCE_COL_NAME=''
FROM sys.key_constraints as PKnUKEY
INNER JOIN sys.tables as PKnUTable
ON PKnUTable.object_id = PKnUKEY.parent_object_id
INNER JOIN sys.index_columns as PKnUColIdx
ON PKnUColIdx.object_id = PKnUTable.object_id
AND PKnUColIdx.index_id = PKnUKEY.unique_index_id
INNER JOIN sys.columns as PKnUKEYCol
ON PKnUKEYCol.object_id = PKnUTable.object_id
AND PKnUKEYCol.column_id = PKnUColIdx.column_id
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS oParentColDtl
ON oParentColDtl.TABLE_NAME=PKnUTable.name
AND oParentColDtl.COLUMN_NAME=PKnUKEYCol.name
UNION ALL
SELECT CONSTRAINT_NAME= CAST (oConstraint.name AS VARCHAR(30)) ,
CONSTRAINT_TYPE='FK',
PARENT_TABLE_NAME=CAST (oParent.name AS VARCHAR(30)) ,
PARENT_COL_NAME=CAST ( oParentCol.name AS VARCHAR(30)) ,
PARENT_COL_NAME_DATA_TYPE= oParentColDtl.DATA_TYPE,
REFERENCE_TABLE_NAME=CAST ( oReference.name AS VARCHAR(30)) ,
REFERENCE_COL_NAME=CAST (oReferenceCol.name AS VARCHAR(30))
FROM sys.foreign_key_columns FKC
INNER JOIN sys.sysobjects oConstraint
ON FKC.constraint_object_id=oConstraint.id
INNER JOIN sys.sysobjects oParent
ON FKC.parent_object_id=oParent.id
INNER JOIN sys.all_columns oParentCol
ON FKC.parent_object_id=oParentCol.object_id /* ID of the object to which this column belongs.*/
AND FKC.parent_column_id=oParentCol.column_id/* ID of the column. Is unique within the object.Column IDs might not be sequential.*/
INNER JOIN sys.sysobjects oReference
ON FKC.referenced_object_id=oReference.id
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS oParentColDtl
ON oParentColDtl.TABLE_NAME=oParent.name
AND oParentColDtl.COLUMN_NAME=oParentCol.name
INNER JOIN sys.all_columns oReferenceCol
ON FKC.referenced_object_id=oReferenceCol.object_id /* ID of the object to which this column belongs.*/
AND FKC.referenced_column_id=oReferenceCol.column_id/* ID of the column. Is unique within the object.Column IDs might not be sequential.*/
)
select * from ALL_KEYS_IN_TABLE
where
PARENT_TABLE_NAME in ('YOUR_TABLE_NAME')
or REFERENCE_TABLE_NAME in ('YOUR_TABLE_NAME')
ORDER BY PARENT_TABLE_NAME,CONSTRAINT_NAME;
For reference please read thru - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqltips/archive/2005/09/16/469136.aspx
Keep in mind that if you want to get exact primary field you need to put TABLE_NAME and TABLE_SCHEMA into the condition.
this solution should work:
select COLUMN_NAME from information_schema.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
where CONSTRAINT_NAME='PRIMARY' AND TABLE_NAME='TABLENAME'
AND TABLE_SCHEMA='DATABASENAME'
It is also (Transact-SQL) ... according to BOL.
-- exec sp_serveroption 'SERVER NAME', 'data access', 'true' --execute once
EXEC sp_primarykeys #table_server = N'server_name',
#table_name = N'table_name',
#table_catalog = N'db_name',
#table_schema = N'schema_name'; --frequently 'dbo'