For Access database :
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
public class DatabaseInfo {
public static void Main () {
String connect = "Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;data source=.\\Employee.mdb";
OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(connect);
con.Open();
Console.WriteLine("Made the connection to the database");
Console.WriteLine("Information for each table contains:");
DataTable tables = con.GetOleDbSchemaTable(OleDbSchemaGuid.Tables,new object[]{null,null,null,"TABLE"});
Console.WriteLine("The tables are:");
foreach(DataRow row in tables.Rows)
Console.Write(" {0}", row[2]);
con.Close();
}
}
Extracted from here :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4443191/how-do-i-extract-table-names-from-ms-access-database-using-ado[
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For SQL Server :
public static List<string> GetTables(string connectionString)
{
using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
{
connection.Open();
DataTable schema = connection.GetSchema("Tables");
List<string> TableNames = new List<string>();
foreach (DataRow row in schema.Rows)
{
TableNames.Add(row[2].ToString());
}
return TableNames;
}
}
Extracted from here :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6671067/retrieve-list-of-tables-from-specific-database-on-server-c-sharp[
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Hope it helps.