Question

I’m looking to list each table in my database and the corresponding column headers with it. Is there a way for SQL to do this and alphabetize the column names in the process?

Something along the formatting lines of:

Table1    Col1name    Col2name    Col3name ...
Table2    Col1name    Col2name    Col3name ...
...

Thanks!

Answer 1

SELECT 
  [schema] = s.name,
  [table]  = t.name, 
  [column] = c.name
FROM 
  sys.tables AS t
INNER JOIN
  sys.schemas AS s
  ON t.[schema_id] = s.[schema_id]
INNER JOIN 
  sys.columns AS c
  ON t.[object_id] = c.[object_id]
ORDER BY 
  t.name, 
  c.name;

And here is why I wouldn’t use INFORMATION_SCHEMA for anything in SQL Server 2005+:

• The case against INFORMATION_SCHEMA views