The objects that help you find this info in SQL Server are in sys.tables and sys.columns SELECT tbl.name AS table_name, SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS schema_name, col.name AS column_name FROM sys.tables AS tbl INNER JOIN sys.columns col ON tbl.OBJECT_ID = col.OBJECT_ID WHERE col.name LIKE '%YourColumnNameHere%' ORDER BY schema_name, table_name; This will bring back every table that has a reference to '%YourColumnNameHere%' ......