查询 SQL SERVER 中某张表结构，sql 语句如下：
SELECT tb.name AS tableName, col.name AS columnName, col.max_length AS length, col.is_nullable AS isNullable, t.name AS type, ( SELECT TOP 1 ind.is_primary_key FROM sys.index_columns ic LEFT JOIN sys.indexes ind ON ic.object_id = ind.object_id AND ic.index_id= ind.index_id AND ind.name LIKE ‘PK_%‘ WHERE ic.object_id = tb.object_id AND ic.column_id= col.column_id ) AS isPrimaryKey, com.value AS comment FROM sys.TABLES tb INNER JOIN sys.columns col ON col.object_id = tb.object_id LEFT JOIN sys.types t ON t.user_type_id = col.user_type_id LEFT JOIN sys.extended_properties com ON com.major_id = col.object_id AND com.minor_id = col.column_id WHERE tb.name = ‘表名‘该 sql 可以正常执行，但是当把 sql 放到 jdbcTemplate 中执行时报一下错误：
Caused by: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The "variant" data type is not supported.原因是 sql 语句 select 后面有 sql_variant 类型的属性，在 JDBC 中不支持它。使用 sp_columns 命令最终查出 sys.extended_properties 表的 value 属性的 TYPE_NAME 是 sql_variant 类型的，sql 如下：
sp_columns extended_properties解决方法是使用 CONVERT 函数将该属性转成 varchar 类型。
CONVERT 函数的用法参考：SQL Server 中 CONVERT() 函数的使用。
修改后的 sql 语句为：
SELECT tb.name AS tableName, col.name AS columnName, col.max_length AS length, col.is_nullable AS isNullable, t.name AS type, ( SELECT TOP 1 ind.is_primary_key FROM sys.index_columns ic LEFT JOIN sys.indexes ind ON ic.object_id = ind.object_id AND ic.index_id= ind.index_id AND ind.name LIKE ‘PK_%‘ WHERE ic.object_id = tb.object_id AND ic.column_id= col.column_id ) AS isPrimaryKey, CONVERT(varchar(200), com.value) AS comment FROM sys.TABLES tb INNER JOIN sys.columns col ON col.object_id = tb.object_id LEFT JOIN sys.types t ON t.user_type_id = col.user_type_id LEFT JOIN sys.extended_properties com ON com.major_id = col.object_id AND com.minor_id = col.column_id WHERE tb.name = ‘表名‘参考：
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The "variant" data type is not supported.
原文：https://www.cnblogs.com/wu726/p/9359732.html