I know in Oracle you can use DBA_TAB_COLUMNS (or ALL_TAB_COLUMNS). My SQL Server knowledge is very rusty, but can't you use the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS view?
A column can be referred to by its name alone if it is the only column by that name in all the tables or views listed in the current query-expression. If the same column name exists in more than one ...
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