I have written a query to find out column names of tables in the database.
SELECT
t.NAME AS TABLEName,
SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) + '.' + c.name AS ColumnName
FROM
sys.tables t
INNER JOIN sys.columns c
ON c.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE OBJECT_NAME(c.object_id) LIKE '%Message%'
ORDER BY t.NAME
So far I've got the expected result, but whatever column I am looking I want to find out the dependency of column related tables. By executing the above query I am getting table names and column names.
How can I get the column related dependent tables?
Try this:
SELECT KCU1.TABLE_CATALOG,
KCU1.TABLE_SCHEMA,
KCU1.TABLE_NAME,
KCU1.COLUMN_NAME,
KCU2.TABLE_NAME AS REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME,
KCU2.COLUMN_NAME AS REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE AS KCU1
JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS AS RC
ON KCU1.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG = RC.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
AND KCU1.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = RC.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
AND KCU1.CONSTRAINT_NAME = RC.CONSTRAINT_NAME
JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE AS KCU2
ON KCU2.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
AND KCU2.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
AND KCU2.CONSTRAINT_NAME = RC.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME
AND KCU2.ORDINAL_POSITION = KCU1.ORDINAL_POSITION
WHERE KCU1.TABLE_NAME LIKE '%Message%'
ORDER BY
KCU1.TABLE_NAME,
KCU1.COLUMN_NAME