接着上篇文章SQL 表結構信息查詢 含主外鍵、自增長 里面提到了INFORMATION_SCHEMA視圖,其實到了SQL 2005微軟都主推大家使用INFORMATION_SCHEMA系統視圖,而不是在使用sys東東了,當然目前還是有許多信息只能通過sys視圖來查詢。這里我們還是以查詢表結果信息為例來說明一些主要的INFORMATION_SCHEMA視圖的使用。
首先我們需要查詢列的信息,這需要用到[INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[COLUMNS]系統視圖來查詢數據列的信息,SQL 如下:

SELECT c.TABLE_SCHEMA , c.TABLE_NAME , c.COLUMN_NAME , c.DATA_TYPE , c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH , c.COLUMN_DEFAULT , c.IS_NULLABLE , c.NUMERIC_PRECISION , c.NUMERIC_SCALE FROM [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[COLUMNS] c WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'Address'
運行結果如下:
我們都知道我們在定義列的時候一般的使用都是varchar(50)之類的信息,這里我們需要整合DATA_TYPE和CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH信息,當CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH為-1時即使說沒有指定具體最大長度,數據的指定長度信息是max,而numeric需要整合NUMERIC_PRECISION、NUMERIC_SCALE信息。修改后的SQL如下:

SELECT c.TABLE_SCHEMA , c.TABLE_NAME , c.COLUMN_NAME , CASE WHEN ( ( CHARINDEX('char', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 OR CHARINDEX('binary', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) AND c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH <> -1 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(' + CAST(c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH AS VARCHAR(4)) + ')' WHEN ( ( CHARINDEX('CHAR', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 OR CHARINDEX('binary', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) AND c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH = -1 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(max)' WHEN ( CHARINDEX('numeric', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(' + CAST(c.NUMERIC_PRECISION AS VARCHAR(4)) + ',' + CAST(c.NUMERIC_SCALE AS VARCHAR(4)) + ')' ELSE c.DATA_TYPE END AS DATA_TYPE , c.COLUMN_DEFAULT , c.IS_NULLABLE , c.COLUMN_DEFAULT FROM [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[COLUMNS] c WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'Address' ORDER BY c.ORDINAL_POSITION
運行結果如圖:
現在我們需要標記這張表的那些列是主鍵,那些列是外鍵,要查詢表的主、外鍵信息需要用到[INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[TABLE_CONSTRAINTS]和[INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[KEY_COLUMN_USAGE] 系統視圖
運行結果如圖:
修改我們先前的SQL語句:

SELECT c.TABLE_SCHEMA , c.TABLE_NAME , c.COLUMN_NAME , CASE WHEN ( ( CHARINDEX('char', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 OR CHARINDEX('binary', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) AND c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH <> -1 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(' + CAST(c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH AS VARCHAR(4)) + ')' WHEN ( ( CHARINDEX('CHAR', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 OR CHARINDEX('binary', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) AND c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH = -1 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(max)' WHEN ( CHARINDEX('numeric', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(' + CAST(c.NUMERIC_PRECISION AS VARCHAR(4)) + ',' + CAST(c.NUMERIC_SCALE AS VARCHAR(4)) + ')' ELSE c.DATA_TYPE END AS DATA_TYPE , c.COLUMN_DEFAULT , c.IS_NULLABLE , c.COLUMN_DEFAULT , CASE WHEN tc.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY' THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END AS IS_PRIMARY_KEY , CASE WHEN tc.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'FOREIGN KEY' THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END AS IS_FOREIGN_KEY FROM [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[COLUMNS] c LEFT JOIN [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[KEY_COLUMN_USAGE] kcu ON kcu.TABLE_SCHEMA = c.TABLE_SCHEMA AND kcu.TABLE_NAME = c.TABLE_NAME AND kcu.COLUMN_NAME = c.COLUMN_NAME LEFT JOIN [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[TABLE_CONSTRAINTS] tc ON tc.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = kcu.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA AND tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = kcu.CONSTRAINT_NAME WHERE c.TABLE_NAME = 'Address' ORDER BY c.ORDINAL_POSITION
運行結果如圖:
現在我們已經知道那些列是主鍵那些是外鍵,接下來的就是外鍵列所關聯的外檢表信息,這里需要用到[INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS]系統視圖,運行該視圖如下:
所以修改我們的SQL如下:

SELECT c.TABLE_SCHEMA , c.TABLE_NAME , c.COLUMN_NAME , CASE WHEN ( ( CHARINDEX('char', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 OR CHARINDEX('binary', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) AND c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH <> -1 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(' + CAST(c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH AS VARCHAR(4)) + ')' WHEN ( ( CHARINDEX('CHAR', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 OR CHARINDEX('binary', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) AND c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH = -1 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(max)' WHEN ( CHARINDEX('numeric', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(' + CAST(c.NUMERIC_PRECISION AS VARCHAR(4)) + ',' + CAST(c.NUMERIC_SCALE AS VARCHAR(4)) + ')' ELSE c.DATA_TYPE END AS DATA_TYPE , c.COLUMN_DEFAULT , c.IS_NULLABLE , c.COLUMN_DEFAULT , CASE WHEN tc.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY' THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END AS IS_PRIMARY_KEY , CASE WHEN tc.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'FOREIGN KEY' THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END AS IS_FOREIGN_KEY, fkcu.COLUMN_NAME AS FOREIGN_KEY, fkcu.TABLE_NAME AS FOREIGN_TABLE FROM [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[COLUMNS] c LEFT JOIN [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[KEY_COLUMN_USAGE] kcu ON kcu.TABLE_SCHEMA = c.TABLE_SCHEMA AND kcu.TABLE_NAME = c.TABLE_NAME AND kcu.COLUMN_NAME = c.COLUMN_NAME LEFT JOIN [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[TABLE_CONSTRAINTS] tc ON tc.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = kcu.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA AND tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = kcu.CONSTRAINT_NAME LEFT JOIN [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS] fc ON kcu.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = fc.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA AND kcu.CONSTRAINT_NAME = fc.CONSTRAINT_NAME LEFT JOIN [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[KEY_COLUMN_USAGE] fkcu ON fkcu.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = fc.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA AND fkcu.CONSTRAINT_NAME = fc.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME WHERE c.TABLE_NAME = 'Address' ORDER BY c.ORDINAL_POSITION
運行結果如圖:
我們的查詢結果中顯示了太多的NULL,看着不怎么舒服,還有我們的表名應該顯示一次就可以,修改SQL如下:

SELECT CASE WHEN c.ORDINAL_POSITION = 1 THEN c.TABLE_SCHEMA + '.' + c.TABLE_NAME ELSE '' END AS TABLE_NAME , c.COLUMN_NAME , CASE WHEN ( ( CHARINDEX('char', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 OR CHARINDEX('binary', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) AND c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH <> -1 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(' + CAST(c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH AS VARCHAR(4)) + ')' WHEN ( ( CHARINDEX('CHAR', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 OR CHARINDEX('binary', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) AND c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH = -1 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(max)' WHEN ( CHARINDEX('numeric', c.DATA_TYPE) > 0 ) THEN c.DATA_TYPE + '(' + CAST(c.NUMERIC_PRECISION AS VARCHAR(4)) + ',' + CAST(c.NUMERIC_SCALE AS VARCHAR(4)) + ')' ELSE c.DATA_TYPE END AS DATA_TYPE , ISNULL(c.COLUMN_DEFAULT, '') AS COLUMN_DEFAULT , CASE WHEN c.IS_NULLABLE = 'YES' THEN '√' ELSE '' END IS_NULLABLE , CASE WHEN tc.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY' THEN '√' ELSE '' END AS IS_PRIMARY_KEY , CASE WHEN tc.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'FOREIGN KEY' THEN '√' ELSE '' END AS IS_FOREIGN_KEY , ISNULL(fkcu.COLUMN_NAME, '') AS FOREIGN_KEY , ISNULL(fkcu.TABLE_NAME, '') AS FOREIGN_TABLE FROM [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[COLUMNS] c LEFT JOIN [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[KEY_COLUMN_USAGE] kcu ON kcu.TABLE_SCHEMA = c.TABLE_SCHEMA AND kcu.TABLE_NAME = c.TABLE_NAME AND kcu.COLUMN_NAME = c.COLUMN_NAME LEFT JOIN [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[TABLE_CONSTRAINTS] tc ON tc.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = kcu.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA AND tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = kcu.CONSTRAINT_NAME LEFT JOIN [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS] fc ON kcu.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = fc.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA AND kcu.CONSTRAINT_NAME = fc.CONSTRAINT_NAME LEFT JOIN [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[KEY_COLUMN_USAGE] fkcu ON fkcu.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = fc.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA AND fkcu.CONSTRAINT_NAME = fc.UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_NAME WHERE c.TABLE_NAME = 'Address' ORDER BY c.ORDINAL_POSITION
運行結果如圖:
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