/SQL/How to check if a column exists in a SQL Server table?

How to check if a column exists in a SQL Server table?

Sql check if column exists

* Using the below query, You can check whether the table1 has a column named "id"

SHOW COLUMNS FROM table1 LIKE 'id'

How to check if a column exists in a SQL Server table?

A more concise version

IF COL_LENGTH('table_name','column_name') IS NULL
BEGIN
/* Column does not exist or caller does not have permission to view the object */
END
The point about permissions on viewing metadata applies to all answers not just this one.

Note that the first parameter table name to COL_LENGTH can be in one, two, or three part name format as required.

An example referencing a table in a different database is

COL_LENGTH('AdventureWorks2012.HumanResources.Department','ModifiedDate')
One difference with this answer compared to using the metadata views is that metadata functions such as COL_LENGTH always only return data about committed changes irrespective of the isolation level in effect.

Source: stackoverflow.com

Similar codes

-2 votes121 views1 answer
Mysql see users and passwords
SQL
8 votes142 views1 answer
Mysql dump restore
SQL
1 vote111 views1 answer
Group_concat max length mysql
SQL
0 vote144 views1 answer
ORACLE PARSE STRING
SQL
0 vote119 views1 answer
OFFSET consulta mysql
SQL
1 vote120 views3 answers
Psql: error: FATAL: role "postgres" does not exist
SQL
0 vote119 views1 answer
Sql server alter table add column tinyint
SQL
0 vote115 views1 answer
SQL Hello, [firstname] [lastname]
SQL
0 vote117 views1 answer
Show tables in cassandra cql
SQL
0 vote124 views1 answer
Resullt all update knex mysql
SQL