How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where Table_Type = 'BASE TABLE'


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Exactly what I was looking for

Thanks guys this is exactly what I was looking for.
Posted on 6/24/2008 2:19:48 AM by Timothy Kruger #
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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

Hi, I am tracing data on application which generated temp tables into TempDB. How can use "select statement" to display these data whereby having table name start with dbo.#xxxxx?
Thanks.
Posted on 3/5/2009 6:37:35 PM by Joan Lim #
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Joan,
I can honestly say that I don't know.
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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

Hi,
use the below to list all the tables:
sp_tables
Posted on 5/28/2009 9:22:20 PM by Aravindhan #
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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

How to get list of all tables and detail about the table (eg: owner name ,view ,triger ,identity,pinned ,filegroup, no of rows etc) in MS SQL Server?

Thanks in advance
Posted on 5/28/2009 9:25:17 PM by aravindhan #
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Try following queries, may be you can find something useful in there:

select * from information_schema.COLUMNS
select * from information_schema.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
select * from information_schema.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS

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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

In SQL Server 2008.

select * from sys.all_objects where type = 'U'
Posted on 8/20/2010 8:25:59 AM by Chirag Nirmal #
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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

use DatabaseName
get all table information with Sql Server
sp_tables
Posted on 10/21/2010 4:37:28 AM by Narendra #
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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

try this
select TABLE_NAME,Table_Type from information_schema.tables
where Table_Type = 'BASE TABLE'
Posted on 2/16/2011 1:03:11 PM by hammad qureshi #
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What's wrong with it? This is what I wrote in a post.
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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

I have a MS SQL on server 2003. I have an extremely large list of tables and I am trying to find a table with a specific word in the table name. bar or barcodes. what is the proper t-sql for finding a table with bar or barcode in the table name?
Posted on 3/3/2011 9:43:04 AM by Rob #
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select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where Table_Type = 'BASE TABLE' and TABLE_NAME like '%bar%'
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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

Sorry I am new to SQL... What command I can use to find any specfic word in SQL Database?
Posted on 4/7/2011 9:08:00 AM by Dave #
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You can use LIKE to search for a word in specific table/column.
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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

Can you please give me an example?

Posted on 4/7/2011 9:16:03 AM by Dave #
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SELECT * FROM suppliers
WHERE supplier_name like '%bob%';
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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

Can we put wildcard for colum... if yes, than how?
Posted on 4/7/2011 9:18:27 AM by Dave #
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No you can't.

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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

Is below statement will not work?

SELECT * FROM TABLE_NAME where '' like '%hello123%'
Posted on 4/7/2011 9:37:15 AM by Dave #
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No. It won't.
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Re:How to get list of all tables in MS SQL Server?

finding some good concept........

Posted on 12/17/2011 11:10:28 AM by yjreddy #

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