how to find number of columns in a table in sql server 2000
and 2005 also
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Answer / kishore
select count(*) NoOfColumns from SYSCOLUMNS
WHERE id= (Select id from SYSOBJECTS where name = 'city')
In this querry may name is Tablename
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 58 Yes | 23 No |
Answer / dharmendra k. dixit
@Anshul..
Bro..through your code u can obtain the Total numbers of
rows in your Table.
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For getting Total Columns i will use this:
SELECT Count(*)As Coloumns
FROM Sys.SysColumns
Where ID =
(SELECT ID FROM Sys.SysObjects Where Name = 'YourTableName')
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 34 Yes | 8 No |
IN SQLSERVER 20005
SELECT COUNT(COLUMN_NAME) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'TABLENAME'
try in sql server 2000
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 29 Yes | 5 No |
Answer / bhaskar
select count(*) from syscolumns where id=(select id from
Sysobjects where [name]='Table_Name')
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 13 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / anand k
--Count of Columns
SELECT COUNT(*) NO_OF_COLUMNS
FROM SYS.COLUMNS
WHERE OBJECT_ID = OBJECT_ID('<TableName>')
ORDER BY Column_ID
--Column Names
SELECT [NAME]
FROM SYS.COLUMNS
WHERE OBJECT_ID = OBJECT_ID('<TableName>')
ORDER BY Column_ID
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 14 Yes | 6 No |
Answer / surbhi
SELECT count(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where
table_name='tablename'
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 8 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / saravanan p
select count(column_Name) from information_schema.columns
where table_name='tableName'
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 8 Yes | 4 No |
Answer / rajkumar v
select count(*) from information_schema.columns where
table_name='Emp'
EMP table name
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 0 No |
Answer / mohan
None of the above answer can result the columns which is
having auto incremented (Identity).
Also if a column is binded to user defined data type that
is also excluded....
So the Correct Number of column cannot be resulted in the
above answers.........
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 6 Yes | 4 No |
Answer / vidit tyagi
SELECT Count(*)As Coloumns
FROM SysColumns
Where ID =
(SELECT ID FROM SysObjects Where Name = 'TableName')
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 6 Yes | 4 No |
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