Question

How can i determine the name of the ROWGUIDCOL column in an SQL Server 2000 table?

i tried looking through syscolumns, e.g.:

SELECT *
FROM syscolumns
WHERE id = OBJECT_ID('Currencies')

But there is nothing there, or on the MSDN page that looks like rowguidcol.

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Easy in SQL Server 2005

In SQL Server 2005 you just have to query sys.columns, e.g.:

SELECT *
FROM sys.columns
WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID('Currencies')
AND is_rowguidcol = 1

Easy peasey.

Answer 1

You use COLUMNPROPERTY:

SELECT COLUMNPROPERTY(id, name, 'IsRowGuidCol'), * FROM syscolumns ... ;

In the format of the original question:

SELECT *
FROM syscolumns
WHERE id = OBJECT_ID('dbo.Currencies')
AND COLUMNPROPERTY(id, name, 'IsRowGuidCol') = 1;