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COL_NAME requiring the ID of the table and the column ID (position) of the column whose name you are after
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5> CREATE TABLE publishers(
6> pub_id char(4) NOT NULL,
7> pub_name varchar(40) NULL,
8> city varchar(20) NULL,
9> state char(2) NULL,
10> country varchar(30) NULL DEFAULT('USA')
11> )
12> GO
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2>
3> insert publishers values('1', 'Publisher A', 'Vancouver', 'MA', 'USA')
4> insert publishers values('2', 'Publisher B', 'Washington', 'DC', 'USA')
5> insert publishers values('3', 'Publisher C', 'Berkeley', 'CA', 'USA')
6> insert publishers values('4', 'Publisher D', 'New York', 'NY', 'USA')
7> insert publishers values('5', 'Publisher E', 'Chicago', 'IL', 'USA')
8> insert publishers values('6', 'Publisher F', 'Dallas', 'TX', 'USA')
9> insert publishers values('7', 'Publisher G', 'Vancouver', 'BC', 'Canada')
10> insert publishers values('8', 'Publisher H', 'Paris', NULL, 'France')
11> GO
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3> SELECT COL_NAME(OBJECT_ID('publishers'), 1)
4> GO
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2> drop table publishers;
3> GO
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