You should look into the INFORMATION_SCHEMA views

SELECT table_name
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE column_name = 'htmlemail'

That should do it

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 00:52:49 +1000, Michael Kear wrote:
>
> I want to dynamically include tables in a query, to perform an operation on
> a table only if it contains a column called "htmlemail".   How can I query
> the database and determine if a table has such a column?
>
> I have worked out I can get a list of the tables using SELECT name FROM
> sysobjects WHERE Xtype='u'    Is there a similar way I can loop through the
> list of tables and determine if it includes the column "htmlemail"?
>
> Oh yea, I'm using CFMX6.1 and the database is MS SQL2000, just in case it
> makes any difference.
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