Find Out What Tables Contain A Specific Column
Jul 28, 2006
I want to write SQL that will search the tables in a database for a specific column, like this. For instance, I have a column "Unique_ID" that is in many of our tables (hundreds) but not in others and want to find out the tables it is in. It is always the first column.
I tried to find a system stored procdure to do this but couldn't and tried to create a script using the sysobjects and syscolumns tables in the Master db, but came to a roadblock because they don't seem to be related at all.
I would surely appreciate if someone else has already done this!
Thanks!
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Mar 28, 2014
I have a DB with some tables and, on certain tables, i've a column named "ID_COMPUTER".
I need to find all the rows where id_computer=<specific_value> from all the tables of my database, when column "ID_COMPUTER" exists.
Pseudo-code would be: select * from db.* where id_computer=<specific_value>
how to write this ?
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Jan 5, 2012
Is there a command I can use to tell me all the tables in my schema that have a column name "Id"?
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Oct 16, 2006
How can I find all the tables with a specific column name?
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Mar 21, 2006
Hi,
I am trying to query for a common value in a column called "file_auth_nbr" in 30 different tables. I was going to try something like this (see below) but wasn't sure if this was the most efficient, fastest, or correct, way to get what I'm looking for:
Select distinct a.file_auth_nbr from table1 as a
join table2 as b
on a.file_auth_nbr = b.file_auth_nbr
join table3 as c
on a.file_auth_nbr = c.file_auth_nbr
join table4 as d
on a.file_auth_nbr = d.file_auth_nbr
join table5 as e
on a.file_auth_nbr = e.file_auth_nbr
......etc., etc.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated,
Jeff
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Mar 6, 2008
How do i find all the tables that have an Identity Column as a primary key in a database. Thanks.
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Aug 22, 2007
My basic situation is this - I ONLY want duplicates, so the oppositeof DISTINCT:I have two tables. Ordinarily, Table1ColumnA corresponds in a one toone ratio with Table2ColumnB through a shared variable. So if I queryTableB using the shared variable, there really should only be onrecord returned. In essence, if I run this and return TWO rows, it isvery bad:select * from TableB where SharedVariable = 1234I know how to join the tables on a single record to see if this is thecase with one record, but I need to find out how many, among possiblymillions of records this affects.Every record in Table1ColumnA (and also the shared variable) will beunique. There is another column in Table1 (I'll call itTable1ColumnC) that will be duplicated if the record in Table2 is aduplicate, so I am trying to use that to filter my results in Table1.I am looking to see how many from Table1 map to DUPLICATE instances inTable2.I need to be able to say, in effect, "how many unique records inTable1ColumnA that have a duplicate in Table1ColumnC also have aduplicate in Table2ColumnB?"Thanks if anyone can help!-- aknoch
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May 23, 2015
I need to select specific values from all rows where the value of a specific column is "Active"
This part works: SELECT LastName, FirstName, MiddleInit, ClientId FROM dbo.Client
But I want to add: WHERE StatusType = (Active) and how to do this.
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Sep 5, 2007
Hi ,
I have two tables within a SQL database. The 1st table has an identified column and column which lists one of more email identifers for a second table,
e.g.
ID Email
-- ----------
1 AS1 AS11
2 AS2 AS3 AS4 AS5
3 AS6 AS7
The second table has a column which has an email identifier and another column which lists one email address for that particular identifier, e.g.
ID EmailAddress
--- ------------------
AS1 abcstu@emc.com
AS2 abcstu2@emc.com
AS3 abcstu3@emc.com
AS4 abcstu4@em.com
AS5 abcstu5@emc.com
AS6 abcstu6@emc.com
AS7 abcstu7@emc.com
AS11 abcstu8@emc.com
I need to create a stored procedure or function that:
1. Selects an Email from the first table, based on a valid ID,
2. Splits the Email field of the first table (using the space separator) so that there is an array of Emails and then,
3. Selects the relevant EmailAddress value from the second table, based on a valid Email stored in the array
Is there any way that this can be done directly within SQL Server using a stored procedure/function without having to use cursors?
Many Thanks,
probetatester@yahoo.com
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Apr 21, 2008
I have Two Database that exist on Two seperate servers. The two database contain same schema and contains tables and columns of same name. Some tables have slight differences in terms of data types or Data type lenght.
For example if a Table on ServerA has a column named - CustomerSale with Varchar (100, Null) and a table on ServerB has a column named CustomerSale with Varchar (60, Null), how can i find if other columns have similar differences in all tables with the same name and columns in the two servers.
I am using SQL Server 2005. And the Two Servers are Linked Servers
What Script can i use to accomplish this task. Thanks
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Nov 16, 2015
For our ETL process, we maintain a TransformationList table that has the source view and the destination table. Data is copied from the view into the table (INSERT INTO). I am trying to find column names in the Views that are not column names in the associated Table.
In the below example, want to end up with three records:
1, View1, Column4
2, View2, Column4
2, View2, Column5
I have it almost working, except that there is a table, ChangeColPrefix table, that is used by the ETL process to change some of the view's column name prefixes. Some of the source views have column names with prefixes that do not match the destination table column names. Say view SouthBase has all the column names prefixed with SB - like SBAcct, SBName. And the Destination table of Area District has ADAcct, ADName. There would be a row in the ChangeColPrefix for SouthBase, SB, AD, 1, 2 that would be used by the ETL process to create the INSERT INTO Area District From SouthBase.
I need to use this ChangeColPreifx to find my unmatching columns between my source views and destination tables. With out that table SBAcct and SBName from SouthBase will not appear to match the columns of ADAcct and ADName, but they do match.
I want to end up with these three records as non-matching:
View1, Column4
View2, Column4
View2, Column5
View1 has Salumn2 and View2 has Salumn5, and they must be changed to Column2 and Column5 as per the ChangeColPrefix table before running the Select from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS EXCEPT Select from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS looking for unmatched columns.
/***** Set Up Test Data *****/
-- Create 2 test views
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM sys.views WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[View1]'))
DROP VIEW dbo.[View1]
GO
CREATE VIEW View1
AS SELECT '1' AS Column1 , '2' AS Salumn2 , '4' AS Column4;
[Code] ....
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Dec 17, 2007
I want to find a way to get partition info for all the tables in all the databases for a server. Showing database name, table name, schema name, partition by (maybe; year, month, day, number, alpha), column used in partition, current active partition, last partition (for date partitions I want to know if the partition goes untill 2007, so I can add 2008)
all I've come up with so far is:
Code Block
SELECT distinct o.name From sys.partitions p
inner join sys.objects o on (o.object_id = p.object_id)
where o.type_desc = 'USER_TABLE'
and p.partition_number > 1
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May 29, 2002
Hi,
Is there any system tables or something , which one can query to get when a specific procedure was last run.
Thanks for you help.
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Apr 17, 2008
Hi Newbie here,
i am trying to make a highscore table and i would like when the user enters a score for them to be able to see what position they are in the database without having to take out all the data. i have looked at a few methods and was wondering which one is the best solution and how i would go about implementing it
count()
rank()
Indexes
Any response would be greatly appreciated
Puzzled
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Mar 27, 2008
We're looking at optimizing some of our tables because we have indexes on columns that are not used. So for example we might have a table that has 6GB of data and 4GB in indexes (according to sp_spaceused). We need to know how much of the 4GB of indexes is consumed by each of the indexes individually. I've tried dbcc showcontig, but that doesn't tell me the amount of space used by the index that I run it for.
Second (and by far not as important), is there a way to determine how much space is being consumed by data in a specific column. The original creator of some of the tables added an incrementing identity column that is used no where in the system. I'd like to be able to say..."If we drop this column we'll save XXX in space."
Knowing the index space is more critical, the column space would be nice but not necessary.
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Mar 23, 2007
Ok, please pardon my complete ignorance; but I am extremely SQL challenged. I manage the server right now and I am the closest thing to a DBA at the moment with this server.
Here is the problem. I have a job that runs every hour and until last week it was running without any problems. Now, once a day it hangs, and I end up having to restart sql to get it to be functional again. I guess I could just kill the spid, but regardless, it's fails.
It doesn't happen at the same time each day. I thought it was from the backups doing a SQL backup job, but I eliminated that possibility. I can't find what is causing the problem, because the SQL logs just stop at the time that this happens. It's like some other job/query is running and taking all the sql server resources. But I can never catch it when it's happening and I have no event logs or SQL logs to go on.
Is there any query that I can run to find what happened around the specific time the job failed to run? I just need to find what process did what when this job stopped working.
Again, I apologize if my lack of SQL knowledge is making me ask dumb questions, but I am really lost.
Thanks in advanced!
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Dec 19, 2013
I need a query to get the first value greater than a specific threshold value
LoadTemp1 LoadTemp2 LoadTemp3 LoadTemp4 TimeStamp
300 200 100 320 12-10-2013 13:30:29
100 250 113 340 12-10-2013 14:20:12
114 339 209 345 12-10-2013 14:45:01
I need to get the first value >= 340 threshold
I need to make a Benchmark on when the first LoadTemp crosses Threshold of 340 and capture the time.
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Dec 28, 2014
This is my table:
use tempdb
go
if object_id('Data', 'u') is not null drop table Data
go
with temp as (
select top 10000 row_number() over (order by c1.object_id) Id
from sys.columns c1 cross join sys.columns c2
[code]....
What index would be best for these three queries? With best I mean the execution time, I don't care about additional space.
This is the index I currently use:
create nonclustered index Ix_Data on Data (StateId, PalletId, BoxId, Id)
The execution plan is SELECT (0%) - Stream Aggregate (10%) - Index Scan (90%).
Can this be optimized (maybe to use Index Seek method)?
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Sep 18, 2015
I need to build a CTE query to find for the same Cabstamp (document) where i have different Origin.
I know that i can build this with a correlated subquery, but i´am curious about using CTE.
I post sample create Script:
create table #temp (Cabstamp varchar(10), account varchar(10),document varchar(15), origin varchar(2), debit numeric(10,2), credit numeric(10,2), datalc datetime)
insert into #temp (Cabstamp,account,Document, origin, debit, credit, datalc)
select 'ADM12345',111,'CMP-01','FO',1000,0, '20150110'
union
select 'ADM12345',112,'CMP-01','FO', 500, 0,'20150110'
union
select 'ADM12345',6811,'CMP-01','DO',0,1500,'20150110'
union
[code]....
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Sep 22, 2005
Can you create an UPDATE TRIGGER and use some typeof code to figure out which SP just updated the current table?If not how can i achieve what i want?I tried to run SQL Profiler and i don't understand why i can'tsimply have the Profiler filter events only for the specific database idand the table's object id i chose?What am i doing wrong with SQL Profiler? I was testing thisthrough SQL EM. I had the filters chosen for a specific database idand a specific table's object id, yet when i open another table SQLProfiler captures that information too.Thank you
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Apr 18, 2014
write a query which retrieves only unique rows excluding some columns.
IdStatusmanager Team Comments Proj number Date
19391New XUnassigned One 3732.0 16-Apr-14
19392Can YCustomer Two 3732.0 17-Apr-14
19393Can YCustomer Two 3732.0 17-Apr-14
19394Can YCustomer One 3732.0 18-Apr-14
19395New YCustomer One 3732.0 19-Apr-14
19396New YCustomer One 3732.0 21-Apr-14
19397New ZCustomer One 3732.0 20-Apr-14
In the above table project number and id shouldn't be considered and I should get the unique rows considering rest of columns and sorted based on date. Expected result is
IdStatusmanager Team Comments Proj number Date
19391New XUnassigned One 3732.0 16-Apr-14
19392Can YCustomer Two 3732.0 17-Apr-14
19394Can YCustomer One 3732.0 18-Apr-14
19395New YCustomer One 3732.0 19-Apr-14
19397New ZCustomer One 3732.0 20-Apr-14
19396New YCustomer One 3732.0 21-Apr-14
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Jul 26, 2005
I tried all the INFORMATION_SCHEMA on SQL 2000 andI see that the system tables hold pretty much everything I aminterested in: Objects names (columns, functions, stored procedures, ...)stored procedure statements in syscomments table.My questions are:If you script your whole database everything you end up havingin the text sql scripts, are those also located in the system tables?That means i could simply read those system tables to get any informationI would normally look in the sql script files?Can i quickly generate a SQL statement of all the indexes on my database?I read many places that Microsoftsays not to modify anything in those tables and not query them since theirstructure might change in future SQL versions.Is it safe to use and rely the system tables?I basically want to do at least fetching of information i want from thesystem tables rather than the SQL script files.I also want to know if it's pretty safe for me to make changes in thesetables.Can i rename an object name for example an Index name, a Stored Procedurename?Can i add a new column in the syscolumns table for a user table?Thank you
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Nov 14, 2005
Hi all,
We have a table that is full text enabled and it is working fine, but the full text search doesn't returns any record for the following case
select * from let_catalog_search where contains(search_field,'"Bulk Process 1*"')
even though there exist records that satisfy the condition in the table,
the record that i am talking abt is "bulk process 1 with price bp100-ilt1-00200136 bp100-ilt1"
If I remove the last 1 from the search string i get lot of records, Can anybody help me out.
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Aug 14, 2015
I'm trying to find a specific string (a name) and replace it with another inside of a VARCHAR(7000) field. Unfortunately, there are names like Ted and Ken that I'm trying to replace. I would like to leave words like Broken, admitted, etc... intact.
UPDATEtbl
SETBody = LEFT(REPLACE(tbl.Body, pm.OldFirstName, p.FirstName), 7000)
FROM Table tbl
JOIN Person p ON p.PersonID = tbl.PersonID
JOIN PersonMap pm ON pm.PersonID = p.PersonID AND LEN(pm.OldFirstName) > 2
WHEREtbl.Body LIKE '%[^a-z]'+pm.OldFirstName+'[., ]%
'The problem I'm running into is that the '[, ]%' in the LIKE excludes any record that ends with the FirstName because it is requiring either a space, comma or period after the name. Is there some way to add an empty string to the list of acceptable characters as that would cover any scenario in the data? I would prefer not to add all characters except space, comma and period, but I guess I could do that.
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Jul 30, 2001
Hi all,
I have a query similar to this:
select "bcp databasename.."+name+"
from sysobjects where type = 'U'
order by name
What I need to know is that, I need to unselect some of the tables that starts with name cj_. I don't want the tables that starts with a name cj_.
Can someone help me on this.
Thank you
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In SQL 2008, there is a way to backup a database, but specify the tables backed up, and, during the restore on the destination server, restore only those tables in the database?
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Oct 23, 2007
I have 1000's of tables. Some are of the form dbo.VT_2006-10-12. I'd like to drop all tables with the "VT" in the table name. How is the best done?
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Mar 27, 2008
We currently have a company program in foxpro which inputs all of our information into its database. We are trying to shift from this to new updated software and a SQL database. There is a program we created which converts all the data from our old database into our new SQL database in preparation for our final move to the newer software. However, some of the tables in SQL were not taken directly from our old database but rather added in directly after our initial use of SQL, so when we ran our conversion software, a couple of specific tables were wiped because there was no equivilant within our old database. We already altered our conversion program to not touch those tables again, but is there any way to do a roll back or to find a backup of specific tables?
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Sep 22, 2007
I need to increment a value in some rows to keep a list in order. Here's the idea:
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This throws an exception. Is there a quick and easy way to update like this?
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Oct 11, 2005
hi there
i'm using this code
DECLARE @strComma VARCHAR(1000)
SET @strComma = 'cmpnt_name,ASC,1,2'
SELECT CAST(RIGHT(LEFT(@strComma,Number-1), CHARINDEX(',',REVERSE(LEFT(','+@strComma,Number-1)))) AS CHAR(30))
FROM master..spt_values
WHERE Type = 'P' AND Number BETWEEN 1 AND LEN(@strComma)+1 AND (SUBSTRING(@strComma,Number,1) = ','
OR SUBSTRING(@strComma,Number,1) = '')
however i getting the data in one field which is like
cmpnt_name
ASC
1
2
i would like them to be in their specific column that is 4 different field
Name-----------Char----------Length---------Order
cmpnt_name-----1--------------2-------------ASC
thx u
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Jul 20, 2005
Here is tested schemaif exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =object_id(N'[dbo].[TestTable]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable')= 1)drop table [dbo].[TestTable]GOCREATE TABLE [dbo].[TestTable] ([SerialNumber] [char] (12) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,[test1] [char] (4) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,[test2] [char] (4) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,[test3] [char] (4) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,[test4] [char] (4) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL) ON [PRIMARY]GOinsert into testtable values ('123','pass',null,'fail','skip')insert into testtable values ('456','fail',null,'pass','skip')insert into testtable values ('789',null,'fail','skip','pass')insert into testtable values ('345','pass','pass','pass','fail')I would like to fetch the COLUMNNAME where the value is fail.Basically I need to know which test failed, test1, test2, test3 ortest4?Is this possible?
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Dec 12, 2007
What is the SQL for adding a column at specific location?
eg
TableA
colA
colB
I want to add colC after colA.
Thanks,
Max
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