How do I get list of all tables in a database using TSQL?
SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 or 2019:
SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'
To show only tables from a particular database
SELECT TABLE_NAME
FROM [<DATABASE_NAME>].INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
Or,
SELECT TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND TABLE_CATALOG='dbName' --(for MySql, use: TABLE_SCHEMA='dbName' )
PS: For SQL Server 2000:
SELECT * FROM sysobjects WHERE xtype='U'
SELECT sobjects.name
FROM sysobjects sobjects
WHERE sobjects.xtype = 'U'
Here is a list of other object types you can search for as well:
- AF: Aggregate function (CLR)
- C: CHECK constraint
- D: Default or DEFAULT constraint
- F: FOREIGN KEY constraint
- L: Log
- FN: Scalar function
- FS: Assembly (CLR) scalar-function
- FT: Assembly (CLR) table-valued function
- IF: In-lined table-function
- IT: Internal table
- P: Stored procedure
- PC: Assembly (CLR) stored-procedure
- PK: PRIMARY KEY constraint (type is K)
- RF: Replication filter stored procedure
- S: System table
- SN: Synonym
- SQ: Service queue
- TA: Assembly (CLR) DML trigger
- TF: Table function
- TR: SQL DML Trigger
- TT: Table type
- U: User table
- UQ: UNIQUE constraint (type is K)
- V: View
- X: Extended stored procedure
SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
OR
SELECT * FROM Sys.Tables