Find a Specific Column in All Tables in a Database

For this, use COLUMN_NAME and set LIKE with that specific column name. Let us find a specific column in an unknown table in a database −

mysql> SELECT TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, DATA_TYPE, IS_NULLABLE, COLUMN_DEFAULT
   -> FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
   -> WHERE column_name LIKE '%StudentName%'
   -> AND table_schema = 'web';

Output

This will produce the following output −

+-------------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------------+
| TABLE_NAME        | COLUMN_NAME | DATA_TYPE | IS_NULLABLE |COLUMN_DEFAULT  |
+-------------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------------+
| demotable215      | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| demotable221      | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| demotable224      | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| demotable234      | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| demotable269      | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | NO          | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | json      | YES         | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | NO          | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| DemoTable         | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
| view_DemoTable    | StudentName | varchar   | YES         | NULL           |
+-------------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------------+
19 rows in set (0.07 sec)

Above displays all the tables with a specific column “StudentName”.