这应该是有效的：

SELECT name 
FROM sysobjects 
WHERE id IN ( SELECT id 
              FROM syscolumns 
              WHERE name like '%column_name%' )

在MS SQL中，可以编写以下行来检查特定表的列名：

sp_help your_tablename

或者，您可以先在查询窗口中选择表名（突出显示模式和表名），然后按下下面的组合键：

Alt + F1

USE AdventureWorks

GO

SELECT t.name AS table_name, SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS schema_name,
 c.name AS column_name
FROM sys.tables AS t
INNER JOIN sys.columns c ON t.OBJECT_ID = c.OBJECT_ID
WHERE c.name LIKE '%EmployeeID%'
ORDER BY schema_name, table_name; 

来自Pinal Sir博客

SELECT COLUMN_NAME, TABLE_NAME
  FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS    
 WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%myName%'

我出于同样的目的使用了这个，它起到了作用：

  select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
  where TABLE_CATALOG= 'theDatabase'
  and COLUMN_NAME like 'theCol%'

它将返回table_name、schema_name、column_name

SELECT t.name AS table_name,
SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS schema_name,
c.name AS column_name
FROM sys.tables AS t
INNER JOIN sys.columns c
ON t.object_id = c.object_id
WHERE c.name LIKE '%colName%'
ORDER BY schema_name,
table_name;