SQL SERVER – Get Column Names

A very common question, I keep on getting is how to get column names for a particular tables. Well, it is pretty straightforward and easy to do. Let us see various methods to do it.

Method 1:

SELECT * 
FROM sys.columns 
WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID('TableName')

Method 2:

SELECT * 
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS 
WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'TableName'

Method 3:

SELECT  SCHEMA_NAME(o.schema_id) SchemaName, o.Name, c.Name
FROM     sys.columns c 
         JOIN sys.objects o ON o.object_id = c.object_id 
WHERE    o.type = 'U' AND c.name = N'TableName'
ORDER BY o.Name, c.Name

Method 4:

sp_help N'TableName'

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