Find a Column in Your Database by 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 '%isTextbook%'
ORDER BY schema_name, table_name;

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Convert HTML Stored in SQL Server as varbinary to Text

I have a wonderfully exciting legacy database I'm handling and it contains a varbinary(MAX) field with HTML. For debugging purposes, every once in awhile I need to dig in and review what's stored there. Here's how I do that:

SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), mainText) AS htmlString FROM entry WHERE entryid = 1380915