Question

I have a database table. Is there a query that gets the names of the columns in a table?

Example:

Name || Age || Gender
Tom  || 30  || male
Kate || 20  || Female

I want a query to get the column names: Name , Age, Gender

Thanks you

edit: Sorry about some missing info:

I am using an OleDB connection in C# to read data from an excel sheet

Answer 1

You can retrieve a list of columns in a table like:

select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where TABLE_NAME = 'YourTable'

INFORMATION_SCHEMA is an ISO standard, so it works on most databases.