how to pull up all names in a column in sql code example

Example 1: get table columns from sql

SELECT *
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS 
WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'Customers' 
-- INFORMATION_SCHEMA is an ANSI-standard (American National Standard Institute) set of read-only views which provide information about all of the tables, views, columns, and procedures in a database
-- "N" defines the subsequent string (the string after the N) as being in unicode

Example 2: find column name in database

SELECT      c.name  AS 'ColumnName'
            ,t.name AS 'TableName'
FROM        sys.columns c
JOIN        sys.tables  t   ON c.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE       c.name LIKE '%columnName%'
ORDER BY    TableName
            ,ColumnName;

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