Getting list of tables, and fields in each, in a d

Question

I'm looking at creating a basic ORM (purely for fun), and was wondering, is there a way to return the list of tables in a database and also the fields for every table?

Using this, I want to be able to loop through the result set (in C#) and then say for each table in the result set, do this (e.g. use reflection to make a class that will do or contain xyz).

Further to this, what are some good online blogs for SQL Server? I know this question is really about using system SPs and databases in Sql Server, and I am ok with general queries, so I'm interested in some blogs which cover this sort of functionality.

Thanks

Answer 1

Select *
From INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
where TABLE_SCHEMA = "<DatabaseName>"

Answer 2

Get list of all the tables and the fields in database:

Select *
From INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
Where TABLE_CATALOG Like 'DatabaseName'

Get list of all the fields in table:

Select *
From INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
Where TABLE_CATALOG Like 'DatabaseName' And TABLE_NAME Like 'TableName' 

Answer 3

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS for get all

SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS for get all table name. Try it on sqlserver,

Answer 4

Tables ::

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'

columns ::

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS 

or

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME='your_table_name'

Answer 5

This will get you all the user created tables:

select * from sysobjects where xtype='U'

To get the cols:

Select * from Information_Schema.Columns Where Table_Name = 'Insert Table Name Here'

Also, I find http://www.sqlservercentral.com/ to be a pretty good db resource.

Answer 6

Is this what you are looking for:

Using OBJECT CATALOG VIEWS

 SELECT T.name AS Table_Name ,
       C.name AS Column_Name ,
       P.name AS Data_Type ,
       P.max_length AS Size ,
       CAST(P.precision AS VARCHAR) + '/' + CAST(P.scale AS VARCHAR) AS Precision_Scale
FROM   sys.objects AS T
       JOIN sys.columns AS C ON T.object_id = C.object_id
       JOIN sys.types AS P ON C.system_type_id = P.system_type_id
WHERE  T.type_desc = 'USER_TABLE';

Using INFORMATION SCHEMA VIEWS

  SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA ,
       TABLE_NAME ,
       COLUMN_NAME ,
       ORDINAL_POSITION ,
       COLUMN_DEFAULT ,
       DATA_TYPE ,
       CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH ,
       NUMERIC_PRECISION ,
       NUMERIC_PRECISION_RADIX ,
       NUMERIC_SCALE ,
       DATETIME_PRECISION
FROM   INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS;

Reference : My Blog - http://dbalink.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/querying-the-object-catalog-and-information-schema-views/