show table sql code example

Example 1: get the list of all tables in sql server

SELECT TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' AND TABLE_CATALOG='YOUR_Database_name'

Example 2: how to get all table names in sql query

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SELECT TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' AND TABLE_CATALOG='YOUR_Database_name'

Example 3: sql show tables

Showing all table: 
show tables;

Showing table data:
SELECT
* or column_names
FROM
table_name;

Example 4: how to check table name in current database sql

SELECT TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' AND TABLE_CATALOG=db_name() 
and TABLE_NAME like'%table_name%'--to check particular table

Example 5: return columns from table sql

SELECT *
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS -- INFORMATION_SCHEMA is an ANSI-standard (American National Standard Institute) set of read-only views which provide information about all of the tables, views, columns, and procedures in a database
WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'Customers' -- "N" defines the subsequent string (the string after the N) as being in unicode