stored procedure---finding all tables that contain a specific column

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 1

Glad we could help.

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden (11/29/2008)
Heh... not to worry... it's not as bad as that dummy that thought the sum of the differences between two points could be used to determine the closest point., 😛

Haha Jeff you're so mean! 😀

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 3

Chris Morris (11/30/2008)
Jeff Moden (11/29/2008)
Heh... not to worry... it's not as bad as that dummy that thought the sum of the differences between two points could be used to determine the closest point., 😛
Haha Jeff you're so mean! 😀

Just to be sure, the "dummy" I was talking about was me! :blush: Forgot to wear my tinfoil hat while I was posting. 😛

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________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

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the Angell Old Hand Points: 377 More actions · Answer 4

For backward compatibility this works. You declared the column name so you do not need to put it in quotes in the Where.

CREATE PROC spWhichTable( @ColumnName varchar(50) )

AS

SELECT o.name as [Table], c.name as [Column]

FROM sysobjects o

JOIN syscolumns c ON o.id = c.id

WHERE c.name = @ColumnName

AND o.xtype = 'U'

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 5

That was identified and resolved about 6 posts ago.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

the Angell Old Hand Points: 377 More actions · Answer 6

1. Excuse me for not noticing 2 pages; the second page pointing out the quotes.

2. My post is still valid for those who may need the older syntax of sysobjects/syscolumns rather than the newer sys.tables/sys.columns.

tfifield SSCrazy Eights Points: 9655 More actions · Answer 7

Doesn't anyone use the INFORMATION_SCHEMA views anymore?

Todd Fifield

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 8

Sure, I use them all the time, however, we were just trying to fix the OP's query, with minimal change.

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tfifield SSCrazy Eights Points: 9655 More actions · Answer 9

Barry,

Got it. I normally use the views unless I have to get down and dirty and find out of a column is computed or a timestamp or something like that.

I would think that finding tables that use a specific column name would be easier using INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS.

Todd Fifield

shankar08 SSC Rookie Points: 31 More actions · Answer 10

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January 21, 2010 at 9:58 am

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