How to describe table in SQL Server 2008?

Question

I want to describe a table in SQL Server 2008 like what we can do with the DESC command in Oracle.

I have table [EX].[dbo].[EMP_MAST] which

Answer 1

The sp_help built-in procedure is the SQL Server's closest thing to Oracle's DESC function IMHO

sp_help MyTable

Use

sp_help "[SchemaName].[TableName]" 

or

sp_help "[InstanceName].[SchemaName].[TableName]"

in case you need to qualify the table name further