Find all tables containing column with specified name - MS SQL Server

Is it possible to query for table names which contain columns being

LIKE '%myName%'
?

SELECT COLUMN_NAME, TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%myName%'

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;

It is from Pinal Sir Blog

Following query will give you the exact table names of the database having field name like '%myName'.

SELECT distinct(TABLE_NAME)
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%myName%'

SELECT [TABLE_NAME] ,
[INFORMATION_SCHEMA].COLUMNS.COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS.COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%NAME%' ;

DECLARE @columnName as varchar(100)
SET @columnName = 'ColumnName'

SELECT t.name AS Table, c.name AS Column,
ty.name AS Type, c.max_length AS Length
FROM sys.tables AS t
INNER JOIN sys.columns c ON t.OBJECT_ID = c.OBJECT_ID
INNER JOIN sys.types ty ON c.system_type_id = ty.system_type_id
WHERE c.name LIKE @columnName
ORDER BY t.name, c.name

Hopefully this isn't a duplicate answer, but what I like to do is generate a sql statement within a sql statement that will allow me to search for the values I am looking for (not just the tables with those field names ( as it's usually necessary for me to then delete any info related to the id of the column name I am looking for):

SELECT 'Select * from ' + t.name + ' where ' + c.name + ' = 148' AS SQLToRun
FROM sys.columns c, c.name as ColName, t.name as TableName
JOIN sys.tables t
ON c.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE c.name LIKE '%ProjectID%'

Then I can copy and paste run my 1st column "SQLToRun"... then I replace the "Select * from ' with 'Delete from ' and it allows me to delete any references to that given ID! Write these results to file so you have them just in case.

NOTE**** Make sure you eliminate any bakup tables prior to running your your delete statement...

SELECT 'Delete from ' + t.name + ' where ' + c.name + ' = 148' AS SQLToRun
FROM sys.columns c, c.name as ColName, t.name as TableName
JOIN sys.tables t
ON c.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE c.name LIKE '%ProjectID%'

i have just tried it and this works perfectly

USE YourDatabseName
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 '%YourColumnName%'
ORDER BY schema_name, table_name;

Only change YourDatbaseName to your database and YourcolumnName to your column name that you are looking for the rest keep it as it is.

Hope this has helped

This should work:

SELECT name
FROM sysobjects
WHERE id IN ( SELECT id
FROM syscolumns
WHERE name like '%column_name%' )

We can also use the following syntax:-

select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
where COLUMN_NAME like '%clientid%'
order by TABLE_NAME