Databases often have standard columns. Examples of such standard columns can be id, modified_date, created_by or row_version.

Query below finds all tables that do not have a 'ModifiedDate' column.

Query

select schema_name(t.schema_id) as schema_name,
       t.name as table_name
from sys.tables t
where t.object_id not in 
    (select c.object_id 
      from sys.columns c
     where c.name = 'ModifiedDate')
order by schema_name,
         table_name;

Columns

• schema_name - name of schema of found table
• table_name - name of found table

Rows

• One row represents a table
• Scope of rows: all found tables
• Ordered by schema name

Sample results

These tables do not have a 'ModifiedDate' column.