retrieve table names given a database name

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I am writing a program to add/edit table enteries in a db in c#

I want to know whether we will be able to retrieve table names given a database name,say northwind.

please help me in this regard,as i am stuck with it.

Thanks in advance.

Posted 2-Oct-11 20:59pm

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2011-10-02T21:10:00

Solution 1

The following will work on most RDBM servers :

SQL

select *
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES

The actual columns returned might vary between server types but the core ones TABLE_NAME etc. exist in all.

Posted 2-Oct-11 21:10pm

Mehdi Gholam

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2011-10-02T21:19:00

Try:

C#

using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(strCon))
    {
    con.Open();
    using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM dbo.sysobjects WHERE xtype = 'U'", con))
        {
        using (SqlDataReader r = cmd.ExecuteReader())
            {
            while (r.Read())
                {
                Console.WriteLine(r["name"]);
                }
            }
        }
    }