If you’re in Microsoft SQL server and need to figure out if a column in one table is relisted elsewhere, use the following SQL script:
SELECT c.name AS 'ColumnName'
,t.name AS 'TableName'
FROM sys.columns c
JOIN sys.tables t ON c.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE c.name LIKE '%MyName%'
ORDER BY TableName
,ColumnName;
To search for a column name in both tables and views in Microsoft SQL server:
SELECT COLUMN_NAME AS 'ColumnName'
,TABLE_NAME AS 'TableName'
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%MyName%'
ORDER BY TableName
,ColumnName;
Thanks to @adathedev and @aeyjey for the StackOverflow post.