Find the Referenced Table Name Using Table, Field and Schema Name

Find the referenced table name using table, field and schema name

If you don't need this to be portable to another RDBMS it is much faster and simpler to use the catalog tables in pg_catalog instead of the standard information schema:

SELECT c.confrelid::regclass::text AS referenced_table
     , c.conname AS fk_name
     , pg_get_constraintdef(c.oid) AS fk_definition
FROM   pg_attribute a 
JOIN   pg_constraint c ON (c.conrelid, c.conkey[1]) = (a.attrelid, a.attnum)
WHERE  a.attrelid = '"Schema2"."TableB"'::regclass   -- table name
AND    a.attname  = 'A_Id'                           -- column name  
AND    c.contype  = 'f'
ORDER  BY conrelid::regclass::text, contype DESC;

Returns:

 referenced_table | fk_name  |  fk_definition
------------------+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------
 Schema1.TableA   | b1_fkey  | FOREIGN KEY ("B_id") REFERENCES "Schema1"."TableA"("A_id")

Notes

• The additional two columns are for orientation only. According to your Q, you only need the first column.

• This returns all referenced tables by all foreign keys involving the given column name - including FK constraints on multiple columns.

• The name is automatically schema-qualified or not according to the visibility set by the current search_path. The name is also escaped where needed (illegal or upper case characters, reserved words, ...) automatically, too.

Check out details of pg_constraint and pg_attribute in the manual. And more about object identifier types as well.

Related:

• PostgreSQL drop constraint with unknown name
• Retrieving all PK and FK

How can I list all foreign keys referencing a given table in SQL Server?

Not sure why no one suggested but I use sp_fkeys to query foreign keys for a given table:

EXEC sp_fkeys 'TableName'

You can also specify the schema:

EXEC sp_fkeys @pktable_name = 'TableName', @pktable_owner = 'dbo'

Without specifying the schema, the docs state the following:

If pktable_owner is not specified, the default table visibility rules
of the underlying DBMS apply.

In SQL Server, if the current user owns a table with the specified
name, that table's columns are returned. If pktable_owner is not
specified and the current user does not own a table with the specified
pktable_name, the procedure looks for a table with the specified
pktable_name owned by the database owner. If one exists, that table's
columns are returned.

Find all table names with column name?

Please try the below query. Use sys.columns to get the details :-

SELECT c.name AS ColName, t.name AS TableName
FROM sys.columns c
    JOIN sys.tables t ON c.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE c.name LIKE '%MyCol%';

How can I find out what FOREIGN KEY constraint references a table in SQL Server?

Here it is:

SELECT 
   OBJECT_NAME(f.parent_object_id) TableName,
   COL_NAME(fc.parent_object_id,fc.parent_column_id) ColName
FROM 
   sys.foreign_keys AS f
INNER JOIN 
   sys.foreign_key_columns AS fc 
      ON f.OBJECT_ID = fc.constraint_object_id
INNER JOIN 
   sys.tables t 
      ON t.OBJECT_ID = fc.referenced_object_id
WHERE 
   OBJECT_NAME (f.referenced_object_id) = 'YourTableName'

This way, you'll get the referencing table and column name.

Edited to use sys.tables instead of generic sys.objects as per comment suggestion.
Thanks, marc_s

Determine Which Objects Reference a Table in SQL Server

If you need to find database objects (e.g. tables, columns, triggers) by name - have a look at the FREE Red-Gate tool called SQL Search which does this - it searches your entire database for any kind of string(s).

It's a great must-have tool for any DBA or database developer - did I already mention it's absolutely FREE to use for any kind of use??

find sql table name with a particular column

In SQL Server, you can query sys.columns.

Something like:

 SELECT
     t.name
 FROM
     sys.columns c
        inner join
     sys.tables t
        on
           c.object_id = t.object_id
 WHERE
     c.name = 'NameID'

You might want an additional lookup to resolve the schema name, if you have tables in multiple schemas.

How can I find which tables reference a given table in Oracle SQL Developer?

No. There is no such option available from Oracle SQL Developer.

You have to execute a query by hand or use other tool (For instance PLSQL Developer has such option). The following SQL is that one used by PLSQL Developer:

select table_name, constraint_name, status, owner
from all_constraints
where r_owner = :r_owner
and constraint_type = 'R'
and r_constraint_name in
 (
   select constraint_name from all_constraints
   where constraint_type in ('P', 'U')
   and table_name = :r_table_name
   and owner = :r_owner
 )
order by table_name, constraint_name

Where r_owner is the schema, and r_table_name is the table for which you are looking for references. The names are case sensitive

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Be careful because on the reports tab of Oracle SQL Developer there is the option "All tables / Dependencies" this is from ALL_DEPENDENCIES which refers to "dependencies between procedures, packages, functions, package bodies, and triggers accessible to the current user, including dependencies on views created without any database links.". Then, this report have no value for your question.

How do I see all foreign keys to a table or column?

For a Table:

SELECT 
  TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME,CONSTRAINT_NAME, REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME,REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
FROM
  INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
WHERE
  REFERENCED_TABLE_SCHEMA = '<database>' AND
  REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME = '<table>';

For a Column:

SELECT 
  TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME,CONSTRAINT_NAME, REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME,REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
FROM
  INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
WHERE
  REFERENCED_TABLE_SCHEMA = '<database>' AND
  REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME = '<table>' AND
  REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME = '<column>';

Basically, we changed REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME with REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME in the where clause.

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