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 'first_name' column.

Query

select t.table_schema,
       t.table_name
from v_catalog.tables t
left join v_catalog.columns c
          on t.table_id = c.table_id
          and c.column_name like 'first_name'
where column_name is null
order by t.table_schema,
         t.table_name;

Columns

• table_schema - 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 'first_name' column.