Question

So, I’ve seen lots of questions about finding all tables with a specific column name. However, I’m trying to find all tables WITHOUT a specific column. (In this case, EndDate). Is there a more elegant solution than just finding all the tables with that column, and comparing it to the list of all tables?

Answer 1

SELECT
    table_name
FROM
    INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES T
WHERE
    T.TABLE_CATALOG = 'MyDB' AND
    T.TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' AND
    NOT EXISTS (
        SELECT *
        FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS C
        WHERE
            C.TABLE_CATALOG = T.TABLE_CATALOG AND
            C.TABLE_SCHEMA = T.TABLE_SCHEMA AND
            C.TABLE_NAME = T.TABLE_NAME AND
            C.COLUMN_NAME = 'EndDate')