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MySql select all tables with multiple specific columns

I want to get all table names which has 3 specific columns.

What I want is from information schema I want to get all table names which contains columnA AND columnB AND columnC.

Currently I am using a query like

SELECT DISTINCT TABLE_NAME 
  FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
    WHERE COLUMN_NAME='columnA'
        AND TABLE_SCHEMA='mysampledatabase';

How can I extend the above query and select tables which contains column names columnA and columnB ?


I came across this answer and other similar answers. They have answered following:

SELECT DISTINCT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE COLUMN_NAME IN ('columnA','ColumnB') AND TABLE_SCHEMA='YourDatabase';

However what they select any table which has either of the 3 columns. I believe that is because of WHERE COLUMN_NAME IN ('columnA','ColumnB','ColumnC') which , i believe, is equivalent to COLUMN_NAME = 'columnA' OR COLUMN_NAME = 'columnB' OR COLUMN_NAME = 'columnC'


I have tried to replace the WHERE clause with WHERE COLUMN_NAME='columnA' AND COLUMN_NAME='columnB' AND COLUMN_NAME='columnC' which obviously doesn't return any results because COLUMN_NAME can only be 1 value at a time!

Solution

  • Here is query which might help you:

    SELECT`TABLE_SCHEMA`, `table_name`,c1.`column_name`,c2.`column_name`,c3.`column_name` FROM `COLUMNS` C1
INNER JOIN `COLUMNS` C2 USING(`TABLE_SCHEMA`, `TABLE_NAME`)
INNER JOIN `COLUMNS` C3 USING(`TABLE_SCHEMA`, `TABLE_NAME`)
WHERE c1.`column_name` = 'col1'
AND c2.`column_name` = 'col2'
AND c3.`column_name` = 'col3';

    But you will need to add|remove extra JOIN for each column you looking for.

    Now i think it's kind of heavy and hard to understand, here is another option:

    SELECT table_schema, table_name, count(*) AS `TablesCount` FROM `COLUMNS`
WHERE `column_name` IN ('col1','col1','col1')
GROUP BY table_schema, table_name
HAVING `TablesCount` = 3

    TablesCount should be equal number of columns you looking for. If it's so, then your table have all required columns