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How to find the column of a table referenced in other tables
SELECT TableName ,ColumnName
FROM
(
SELECT f.name AS ForeignKey
,OBJECT_NAME(f.parent_object_id) AS TableName
,COL_NAME(fc.parent_object_id, fc.parent_column_id) AS ColumnName
,OBJECT_NAME (f.referenced_object_id) AS ReferenceTableName
,COL_NAME(fc.referenced_object_id, fc.referenced_column_id) AS ReferenceColumnName
FROM sys.foreign_keys AS f
INNER JOIN sys.foreign_key_columns AS fc
ON f.OBJECT_ID = fc.constraint_object_id
) tmp
WHERE tmp.ReferenceTableName = 'MyTableReferenced'
AND tmp.ReferenceColumnName = 'MyColumnReferenced'
ORDER BY TableName
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