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When we are working with the SQL (Structured Query Language) Server database, understanding its structure is one of the fundamental tasks which is includes knowing which tables are available.

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Whether you are the database administrator, a developer or an analyst being able to list the tables within the database is a crucial skill.

In this article, we will develop the various methods to accomplish this task using the SQLqueries in the SQLserver.

In SQL Server, there are different ways to list tables within the database such as using INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES View, query system catalog views, dynamicmanagementviews (DMVs).

The syntax for the querying system views to list the tables in SQL Server:

SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE';

Explanation:

• We use a SELECT statement to retrieve the table names from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES View.
  
• The WHERE clause is used to filter the results to include only those rows where the TABLE_TYPE column equals BA
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