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Retreive table structure

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zancraft

Programmer
Sep 18, 2005
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Hi, I need to retreive the detailed structure for a given table (field_name, type, length and isnull ?).

I have this query that gives me the columns names:

select Column_name = isnull(c.name, 'NULL'),
Type = isnull(convert(char(30), x.xtname),
isnull(convert(char(30),
get_xtypename(c.xtype, c.xdbid)),t.name))
from syscolumns c, systypes t, sysxtypes x
where c.id = object_id('table_name')
and c.usertype *= t.usertype
and c.xtype *= x.xtid

I tried with the systypes.coltype but doesnt work as I want.
Please anyone can help me with this issue ?

thanks.
 
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