List All SQL Table Names

This C# program demonstrates how to list all SQL table names in a database for Microsoft SQL in C#.

Program.cs

using System;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace ListTableNames {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            // The using block ensures that the connection is closed when it exits this block.
            using (SqlConnection qConnection = new SqlConnection(
                    @"Server=localhost\SQLEXPRESS01;Database=catholic;Trusted_Connection=True;")) {
                qConnection.Open();
                string sTableList = "";
                using (SqlCommand qCommand = new SqlCommand(
                        "SELECT * FROM information_schema.tables", qConnection)) {
                    using (SqlDataReader qReader = qCommand.ExecuteReader()) {
                        // Each row holds the properties of a table.
                        while (qReader.Read()) {
                            object[] qValues = new object[qReader.FieldCount];
                            qReader.GetValues(qValues);
                            // The third entry, at index 2, is the table name
                            sTableList += qValues[2].ToString() + "\n";
                        }
                    }
                }
                Console.WriteLine(sTableList);
            }
        }
    }
}

Output

sacraments
apostles

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Tables