How to determine which columns are shared between two tables?

Question

Very new to SQL Sever here... I understand the concept of joining tables, etc. but what is the easiest way to determine which columns are shared?

Say for instance we ha

Answer 1

Use the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS like this:

IF OBJECT_ID('Table1') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE Table1
IF OBJECT_ID('Table2') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE Table2
GO
CREATE TABLE Table1 (
    a INT
  , b INT
  , c INT
  , d INT
  , e INT
  , f INT
)

CREATE TABLE Table2 (
    c INT
  , d INT
  , e INT
  , f INT
  , g INT
  , h INT
  , i INT
)

GO

SELECT t1.COLUMN_NAME 
FROM        INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS AS t1 
INNER JOIN  INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS AS t2 ON t1.COLUMN_NAME = t2.COLUMN_NAME 
WHERE t1.TABLE_NAME = 'Table1' AND t2.TABLE_NAME = 'Table2'

-- OUTPUT

COLUMN_NAME
c
d
e
f