How to list all tables & columns names of a linked-server database in SQL Server?

Question

If it\'s a regular database, i can simply use this query to get a list of all table names and their column names of the database.

use [my_database_name]
GO

         


        

Answer 1

There is the solution to list:

declare @temp table
(
    col1 varchar(255),
    col2 varchar(255),
    [name] varchar(255),
    [type] varchar(255),
    col3 varchar(255)
)
insert @temp exec sp_tables_ex 'Your_LinkedServer_Name'
select * from @temp

And also open a cursor:

DECLARE lstTables CURSOR FOR 
        select [name] from @temp