/*Get all columns from a table (sql server)*/
SELECT *
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'table name';SELECT *
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'Customers'
-- 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
-- "N" defines the subsequent string (the string after the N) as being in unicodeSELECT
TABLE_NAME
FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
-- MySQL
SELECT *
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS;
-- SQL Server (possible solution)
SELECT *
FROM SYS.COLUMNS;
-- Oracle
SELECT *
FROM ALL_TAB_COLS; -- (If you only want user-defined columns)
-- ALL_TAB_COLS : only user-defined columns
-- ALL_TAB_COLUMNS : both user-defined AND system columns/* To retreive the column names of table using COLUMN_NAME */
SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'table_name_here'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