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sqlsql-serversql-server-2008selectinformation-schema

Find all tables whose name ends with a certain suffix


I have thousand of tables in database. Some names end with _History.

For example :

abc_History
bcd_History
123_History

How do I find all tables which name is end with _History.

Some thing like:

SELECT
table_name
FROM sys.tables WHERE table_name LIKE '_History%'

And

error : Invalid column name 'table_name'.

Solution

  • Try this:

    SELECT TABLE_NAME
    FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables 
    WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE '%_History'
    

    OR

    SELECT name
    FROM sys.tables
    WHERE name LIKE '%_History'