SQL Server: извлечение метаданных таблицы (описание, поля и их типы данных)

общие сведения о таблицах и столбцах можно найти в этих таблицах:

select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS

описание таблицы является расширенным свойством, вы можете запросить их из sys.extended_properties:

select 
    TableName = tbl.table_schema + '.' + tbl.table_name, 
    TableDescription = prop.value,
    ColumnName = col.column_name, 
    ColumnDataType = col.data_type
FROM information_schema.tables tbl
INNER JOIN information_schema.columns col 
    ON col.table_name = tbl.table_name
    AND col.table_schema = tbl.table_schema
LEFT JOIN sys.extended_properties prop 
    ON prop.major_id = object_id(tbl.table_schema + '.' + tbl.table_name) 
    AND prop.minor_id = 0
    AND prop.name = 'MS_Description' 
WHERE tbl.table_type = 'base table'

вы могли бы попробовать sp_help <Name of object>

мне больше всего понравился ответ @Andomar, но мне также нужны были описания столбцов. Вот его запрос изменен, чтобы включить их также. (Раскомментируйте последнюю часть предложения WHERE, чтобы возвращать только строки, где любое описание не является нулевым).

SELECT
    TableName = tbl.table_schema + '.' + tbl.table_name, 
    TableDescription = tableProp.value,
    ColumnName = col.column_name, 
    ColumnDataType = col.data_type,
    ColumnDescription = colDesc.ColumnDescription
FROM information_schema.tables tbl
INNER JOIN information_schema.columns col 
    ON col.table_name = tbl.table_name
LEFT JOIN sys.extended_properties tableProp 
    ON tableProp.major_id = object_id(tbl.table_schema + '.' + tbl.table_name) 
        AND tableProp.minor_id = 0
        AND tableProp.name = 'MS_Description' 
LEFT JOIN (
    SELECT sc.object_id, sc.column_id, sc.name, colProp.[value] AS ColumnDescription
    FROM sys.columns sc
    INNER JOIN sys.extended_properties colProp
        ON colProp.major_id = sc.object_id
            AND colProp.minor_id = sc.column_id
            AND colProp.name = 'MS_Description' 
) colDesc
    ON colDesc.object_id = object_id(tbl.table_schema + '.' + tbl.table_name)
        AND colDesc.name = col.COLUMN_NAME
WHERE tbl.table_type = 'base table'
--AND tableProp.[value] IS NOT NULL OR colDesc.ColumnDescription IS NOT null

Использование Представлений Каталога Объектов:

SELECT  T.NAME AS [TABLE NAME], C.NAME AS [COLUMN NAME], P.NAME AS [DATA TYPE], P.MAX_LENGTH AS[SIZE],   CAST(P.PRECISION AS VARCHAR) +‘/’+ CAST(P.SCALE AS VARCHAR) AS [PRECISION/SCALE]
FROM ADVENTUREWORKS.SYS.OBJECTS AS T
JOIN ADVENTUREWORKS.SYS.COLUMNS AS C
ON T.OBJECT_ID=C.OBJECT_ID
JOIN ADVENTUREWORKS.SYS.TYPES AS P
ON C.SYSTEM_TYPE_ID=P.SYSTEM_TYPE_ID
WHERE T.TYPE_DESC=‘USER_TABLE’;

Использование Представлений Информационных Схем

SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION,
       COLUMN_DEFAULT, DATA_TYPE, CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH,
       NUMERIC_PRECISION, NUMERIC_PRECISION_RADIX, NUMERIC_SCALE,
       DATETIME_PRECISION
FROM ADVENTUREWORKS.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS

Если вы вытягиваете свои запросы с помощью кода java, есть отличный класс, который можно использовать, ResultSetMetaData, который может извлекать имена столбцов и свойства столбцов (тип и длина).

пример

ResultSet rs = null;

        rs = sql.executeQuery();

        if (rs != null) {
            if (rs.next()) {
                ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
                for (int i = 1; i <= rsmd.getColumnCount(); i++) {
                    System.out.println("column name: "
                            + rsmd.getColumnName(i));
                    System.out.println("column size: "
                            + rsmd.getColumnDisplaySize(i));
                }
            }

в зависимости от того, сколько метаданных вы хотите, это работает для меня: где может быть все это, как Нортвинд.ДБО.Продукты или просто продукты

SELECT c.name Field, 
    t.name Type,
    c.Precision, 
    c.Scale,
    c.is_nullable,
    c.collation_name 
FROM sys.columns c 
INNER JOIN sys.types t ON t.system_type_id=c.system_type_id
WHERE object_id=object_id('<table to inspect>')
ORDER BY column_id

Я использую этот SQL-код, чтобы получить всю информацию о столбце.

SELECT
COL.COLUMN_NAME,
ORDINAL_POSITION,
DATA_TYPE,
CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH,
NUMERIC_PRECISION,
NUMERIC_PRECISION_RADIX,
NUMERIC_SCALE,
DATETIME_PRECISION,
IS_NULLABLE,
CONSTRAINT_TYPE,
COLUMNPROPERTY(object_id(COL.TABLE_NAME), COL.COLUMN_NAME, 'IsIdentity') IS_IDENTITY,
COLUMNPROPERTY(object_id(COL.TABLE_NAME), COL.COLUMN_NAME, 'IsComputed') IS_COMPUTED

FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS COL 
LEFT OUTER JOIN 
(
    SELECT COLUMN_NAME, CONSTRAINT_TYPE 
    FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE A
    INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS B 
    ON A.CONSTRAINT_NAME = B.CONSTRAINT_NAME
    WHERE A.TABLE_NAME = 'User'
) CONS
ON COL.COLUMN_NAME = CONS.COLUMN_NAME
WHERE COL.TABLE_NAME = 'User'

Если вы просто хотите просмотреть информацию в удобном виде, подсказка SQL Red Gate может помочь.

при наведении указателя мыши на текст объекта в окне запроса SQL Prompt отобразит текст расширенного свойства MS_Description во всплывающей подсказке. При нажатии на подсказку откроется диалоговое окно, отображающее информацию о столбце, а также DDL объекта.

http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-prompt/

Если это нормально использовать .NET-код, я бы предложил использовать SMO:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162169.aspx, в вашем конкретном случае это будет класс таблицыhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sqlserver.management.smo.table.aspx Это было бы более портативным решением, чем использование системных представлений и таблиц для конкретных версий.

Если это то, что вы собираетесь использовать на регулярной основе - вы можете написать простой консольное приложение, возможно, с генератором кода времени выполнения T4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee844259.aspx

Если это всего лишь одноразовая задача - вы можете использовать мой Livedoco'S( http://www.livedoco.com ) экспорт в XML-функцию с дополнительным преобразованием XSLT или я уверен, что есть бесплатные инструменты, которые могут это сделать. Это выглядит хорошо:http://sqldbdoc.codeplex.com/ - поддерживает XML через XSLT, но я не уверен, что вы можете запустить его для выбор таблиц, хотя (с LiveDoco вы можете).

  SELECT
    sc.name AS ColumnName
   ,ep.*
  FROM
    sys.columns AS sc
    INNER JOIN sys.extended_properties AS ep
      ON ep.major_id = sc.[object_id]
         AND ep.minor_id = sc.column_id
  WHERE

--here put your desired table
    sc.[object_id] = OBJECT_ID('[Northwind].[dbo].[Products]')

-- this is optional, remove this and you get all extended props
    AND ep.name = 'MS_Description'

select Col.name Columnname,prop.Value Description, tbl.name Tablename, sch.name schemaname
    from sys.columns col  left outer join  sys.extended_properties prop
                    on prop.major_id =  col.object_id and prop.minor_id = col.column_id
                    inner join sys.tables tbl on col.object_id =  tbl.object_id
                    Left outer join sys.schemas sch on sch.schema_id = tbl.schema_id

Я только что закончил библиотеку .net с несколькими полезными запросами, которые возвращают строго типизированные объекты C# для шаблонов кода gen/ t4.

nuget SqlMeta

Сайт Проекта

источник github

/// <summary>
    ///     Get All Table Names
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public List<string> GetTableNames()
    {
        var sql = @"SELECT name
                    FROM dbo.sysobjects
                    WHERE xtype = 'U' 
                    AND name <> 'sysdiagrams'
                    order by name asc";

        return databaseWrapper.Call(connection => connection.Query<string>(
            sql: sql))
            .ToList();
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Get table info by schema and table or null for all
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="schema"></param>
    /// <param name="table"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public List<SqlTableInfo> GetTableInfo(string schema = null, string table = null)
    {
        var result = new List<SqlTableInfo>();

        var sql = @"SELECT
                    c.TABLE_CATALOG AS [TableCatalog]
                ,   c.TABLE_SCHEMA AS [Schema]
                ,   c.TABLE_NAME AS [TableName]
                ,   c.COLUMN_NAME AS [ColumnName]
                ,   c.ORDINAL_POSITION AS [OrdinalPosition]
                ,   c.COLUMN_DEFAULT AS [ColumnDefault]
                ,   c.IS_NULLABLE AS [Nullable]
                ,   c.DATA_TYPE AS [DataType]
                ,   c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH AS [CharacterMaxLength]
                ,   c.CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH AS [CharacterOctetLenth]
                ,   c.NUMERIC_PRECISION AS [NumericPrecision]
                ,   c.NUMERIC_PRECISION_RADIX AS [NumericPrecisionRadix]
                ,   c.NUMERIC_SCALE AS [NumericScale]
                ,   c.DATETIME_PRECISION AS [DatTimePrecision]
                ,   c.CHARACTER_SET_CATALOG AS [CharacterSetCatalog]
                ,   c.CHARACTER_SET_SCHEMA AS [CharacterSetSchema]
                ,   c.CHARACTER_SET_NAME AS [CharacterSetName]
                ,   c.COLLATION_CATALOG AS [CollationCatalog]
                ,   c.COLLATION_SCHEMA AS [CollationSchema]
                ,   c.COLLATION_NAME AS [CollationName]
                ,   c.DOMAIN_CATALOG AS [DomainCatalog]
                ,   c.DOMAIN_SCHEMA AS [DomainSchema]
                ,   c.DOMAIN_NAME AS [DomainName]
                ,   IsPrimaryKey = CONVERT(BIT, (SELECT
                            COUNT(*)
                        FROM    INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS tc
                            ,   INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE cu
                        WHERE CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY'
                        AND tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = cu.CONSTRAINT_NAME
                        AND tc.TABLE_NAME = c.TABLE_NAME
                        AND cu.TABLE_SCHEMA = c.TABLE_SCHEMA
                        AND cu.COLUMN_NAME = c.COLUMN_NAME)
                    )
                ,   IsIdentity = CONVERT(BIT, (SELECT
                            COUNT(*)
                        FROM sys.objects obj
                        INNER JOIN sys.COLUMNS col
                            ON obj.object_id = col.object_id
                        WHERE obj.type = 'U'
                        AND obj.Name = c.TABLE_NAME
                        AND col.Name = c.COLUMN_NAME
                        AND col.is_identity = 1)
                    )
                FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS c
                WHERE (@Schema IS NULL
                        OR c.TABLE_SCHEMA = @Schema)
                    AND (@TableName IS NULL
                        OR c.TABLE_NAME = @TableName)
                    ";

        var columns = databaseWrapper.Call(connection => connection.Query<SqlColumnInfo>(
            sql: sql,
            param: new { Schema = schema, TableName = table },
            commandType: CommandType.Text)
            .ToList());

        var refs = this.GetReferentialConstraints(table: table, schema: schema);

        foreach (var tableName in columns.Select(info => info.TableName).Distinct())
        {
            var tableColumns = columns.Where(info => info.TableName == tableName).ToList();
            var children = refs.Where(c => c.UniqueTableName == tableName).ToList();
            var parents = refs.Where(c => c.TableName == tableName).ToList();
            result.Add(new SqlTableInfo
            {
                TableName = tableName,
                Columns = tableColumns,
                ChildConstraints = children,
                ParentConstraints = parents
            });

        }

        return result;
    }

    public List<SqlReferentialConstraint> GetReferentialConstraints(string table = null, string schema = null)
    {
        //https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa175805%28v=sql.80%29.aspx
        //https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa175805.312ron1%28l=en-us,v=sql.80%29.jpg
        //https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186778.aspx

        var sql = @"
                    SELECT
                        KCU1.CONSTRAINT_NAME AS [ConstraintName]
                    ,   KCU1.TABLE_NAME AS [TableName]
                    ,   KCU1.COLUMN_NAME AS [ColumnName]
                    ,   KCU2.CONSTRAINT_NAME AS [UniqueConstraintName]
                    ,   KCU2.TABLE_NAME AS [UniqueTableName]
                    ,   KCU2.COLUMN_NAME AS [UniqueColumnName]
                    ,   RC.MATCH_OPTION AS [MatchOption]
                    ,   RC.UPDATE_RULE AS [UpdateRule]
                    ,   RC.DELETE_RULE AS [DeleteRule]
                    FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS RC
                    LEFT JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE KCU1 ON KCU1.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG = RC.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
                        AND KCU1.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = RC.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
                        AND KCU1.CONSTRAINT_NAME = RC.CONSTRAINT_NAME
                    LEFT JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE 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
                    WHERE KCU1.ORDINAL_POSITION = KCU2.ORDINAL_POSITION
                            AND (@Table IS NULL
                                OR KCU1.TABLE_NAME = @Table
                                OR KCU2.TABLE_NAME = @Table)
                            AND (@Schema IS NULL
                                OR KCU1.TABLE_SCHEMA = @Schema
                                OR KCU2.TABLE_SCHEMA = @Schema)
                    ";

        return databaseWrapper.Call(connection => connection.Query<SqlReferentialConstraint>(
            sql: sql,
            param: new { Table = table, Schema = schema },
            commandType: CommandType.Text))
            .ToList();
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Get Primary Key Column by schema and table name
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="schema"></param>
    /// <param name="tableName"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public string GetPrimaryKeyColumnName(string schema, string tableName)
    {
        var sql = @"SELECT
                    B.COLUMN_NAME
                FROM    INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS A
                    ,   INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE B
                WHERE CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY'
                    AND A.CONSTRAINT_NAME = B.CONSTRAINT_NAME
                    AND A.TABLE_NAME = @TableName
                    AND A.TABLE_SCHEMA = @Schema";

        return databaseWrapper.Call(connection => connection.Query<string>(
            sql: sql,
            param: new { TableName = tableName, Schema = schema },
            commandType: CommandType.Text))
            .SingleOrDefault();
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Get Identity Column by table name
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="tableName"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public string GetIdentityColumnName(string tableName)
    {
        var sql = @"SELECT
                    c.Name
                FROM sys.objects o
                INNER JOIN sys.columns c ON o.object_id = c.object_id
                WHERE o.type = 'U'
                    AND c.is_identity = 1
                    AND o.Name = @TableName";

        return databaseWrapper.Call(connection => connection.Query<string>(
            sql: sql,
            param: new { TableName = tableName },
            commandType: CommandType.Text))
            .SingleOrDefault();
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Get All Stored Procedures by schema
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="schema"></param>
    /// <param name="procName"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public List<SqlStoredProcedureInfo> GetStoredProcedureInfo(string schema = null, string procName = null)
    {
        var result = new List<SqlStoredProcedureInfo>();

        var sql = @"SELECT
                        SPECIFIC_NAME AS [Name]
                    ,   SPECIFIC_SCHEMA AS [Schema]
                    ,   Created AS [Created]
                    ,   LAST_ALTERED AS [LastAltered]
                    FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
                    WHERE ROUTINE_TYPE = 'PROCEDURE'
                        AND (SPECIFIC_SCHEMA = @Schema
                            OR @Schema IS NULL)
                        AND (SPECIFIC_NAME = @ProcName
                            OR @ProcName IS NULL)
                        AND ((SPECIFIC_NAME NOT LIKE 'sp_%'
                                AND SPECIFIC_NAME NOT LIKE 'procUtils_GenerateClass'
                                AND (SPECIFIC_SCHEMA = @Schema
                                    OR @Schema IS NULL))
                            OR SPECIFIC_SCHEMA <> @Schema)";

        var sprocs = databaseWrapper.Call(connection => connection.Query<SqlStoredProcedureInfo>(
            sql: sql,
            param: new { Schema = schema, ProcName = procName },
            commandType: CommandType.Text).ToList());

        foreach (var s in sprocs)
        {
            s.Parameters = GetStoredProcedureInputParameters(sprocName: s.Name, schema: schema);
            s.ResultColumns = GetColumnInfoFromStoredProcResult(storedProcName: s.Name, schema: schema);
            result.Add(s);
        }

        return result;
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Get Column info from Stored procedure result set
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="schema"></param>
    /// <param name="storedProcName"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public List<DataColumn> GetColumnInfoFromStoredProcResult(string schema, string storedProcName)
    {
        //this one actually needs to use the dataset because it has the only accurate information about columns and if they can be null or not.
        var sb = new StringBuilder();
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(schema))
        {
            sb.Append(String.Format("exec [{0}].[{1}] ", schema, storedProcName));
        }
        else
        {
            sb.Append(String.Format("exec [{0}] ", storedProcName));
        }

        var prms = GetStoredProcedureInputParameters(schema, storedProcName);

        var count = 1;
        foreach (var param in prms)
        {
            sb.Append(String.Format("{0}=null", param.Name));
            if (count < prms.Count)
            {
                sb.Append(", ");
            }
            count++;
        }

        var ds = new DataSet();
        using (var sqlConnection = (SqlConnection)databaseWrapper.GetOpenDbConnection())
        {
            using (var sqlAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(sb.ToString(), sqlConnection))
            {
                if (sqlConnection.State != ConnectionState.Open) sqlConnection.Open();

                sqlAdapter.SelectCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SchemaOnly);

                sqlConnection.Close();

                sqlAdapter.FillSchema(ds, SchemaType.Source, "MyTable");
            }
        }

        var list = new List<DataColumn>();
        if (ds.Tables.Count > 0)
        {
            list = ds.Tables["MyTable"].Columns.Cast<DataColumn>().ToList();
        }

        return list;
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Get the input parameters for a stored procedure
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="schema"></param>
    /// <param name="sprocName"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public List<SqlParameterInfo> GetStoredProcedureInputParameters(string schema = null, string sprocName = null)
    {
        var sql = @"SELECT
                    SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS [Schema]
                ,   P.Name AS Name
                ,   @ProcName AS ProcedureName
                ,   TYPE_NAME(P.user_type_id) AS [ParameterDataType]
                ,   P.max_length AS [MaxLength]
                ,   P.Precision AS [Precision]
                ,   P.Scale AS Scale
                ,   P.has_default_value AS HasDefaultValue
                ,   P.default_value AS DefaultValue
                ,   P.object_id AS ObjectId
                ,   P.parameter_id AS ParameterId
                ,   P.system_type_id AS SystemTypeId
                ,   P.user_type_id AS UserTypeId
                ,   P.is_output AS IsOutput
                ,   P.is_cursor_ref AS IsCursor
                ,   P.is_xml_document AS IsXmlDocument
                ,   P.xml_collection_id AS XmlCollectionId
                ,   P.is_readonly AS IsReadOnly
                FROM sys.objects AS SO
                INNER JOIN sys.parameters AS P ON SO.object_id = P.object_id
                WHERE SO.object_id IN (SELECT
                            object_id
                        FROM sys.objects
                        WHERE type IN ('P', 'FN'))
                    AND (SO.Name = @ProcName
                        OR @ProcName IS NULL)
                    AND (SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) = @Schema
                        OR @Schema IS NULL)
                ORDER BY P.parameter_id ASC";

        var result = databaseWrapper.Call(connection => connection.Query<SqlParameterInfo>(
            sql: sql,
            param: new { Schema = schema, ProcName = sprocName },
            commandType: CommandType.Text))
            .ToList();

        return result;
    }

Метаданные Внешнего Ключа

зацени вот это:

SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA ,
       TABLE_NAME ,
       COLUMN_NAME ,
       ORDINAL_POSITION ,
       COLUMN_DEFAULT ,
       DATA_TYPE ,
       CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH ,
       NUMERIC_PRECISION ,
       NUMERIC_PRECISION_RADIX ,
       NUMERIC_SCALE ,
       DATETIME_PRECISION
FROM   INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
where TABLE_SCHEMA in ('dbo','meta')
and table_name in (select name from sys.tables)
order by TABLE_SCHEMA ,       TABLE_NAME ,ORDINAL_POSITION