how get Table name, field name from database ?

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if I want to query the first row, 5th column
I can write like this in ASP.NET:

C#

int columnIndex = 5;
Label1.Text = DataTableObject.Rows[0][columnIndex].ToString();

If I want to know the 5th column's field name?How can I get it?

And how can I get a Table name from database?

Posted 22-Nov-13 16:07pm

JohnsonYuan

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This will work on sql server 2005 and up:

SQL

select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
where TABLE_Name='YourTableName'
order by ORDINAL_POSITION

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Posted 22-Nov-13 16:41pm

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♥…ЯҠ…♥ · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-22T17:05:00

Hi Johnson,

Yes you can, using column.ColumnName, like this

For example, to retrieve the name of the 5th column from the DataTable object,

String colName = dtBooks.Columns[4].ColumnName ;

Note that the column index starts with 0.

To get table name from datatable you can use

C#

private void GetTableNames(DataSet dataSet)
{
    // Print each table's TableName. 
    foreach(DataTable table in dataSet.Tables)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(table.TableName);
    }
}

Hope this helps you a bit.

Regards,
RK