select one column from all tables sql without table name code example

Example 1: search for column name in sql db when i don't know which table it is in

Select * from  INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
where COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%MyName%'

Example 2: sql select column name like from multiple tables

USE AdventureWorks 
GO 
SELECT t.name AS table_name,
SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS schema_name,
c.name AS column_name
FROM sys.tables AS t
INNER JOIN sys.columns c ON t.OBJECT_ID = c.OBJECT_ID
WHERE c.name LIKE '%EmployeeID%'
ORDER BY schema_name, table_name;

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