Where do I find Sql Server metadata for column datatypes?

Question

I know that I can get access to column properties via:

select * 
from sysobjects

What I can\'t find however is information about where to g

Answer 1

You are close. You can look at sys.columns to get the columns.

You can filter on a table with OBJECT_ID=OBJECT_ID('dbo.Foo').

You can get the length from sys.columns. The data type is in the system_type field. The keys for that field are in sys.types.

In its entirety you can do:

select object_NAME(c.object_id), c.name, t.name, c.max_length
from sys.columns c
INNER JOIN sys.types t
    ON t.system_type_id = c.system_type_id

As a side note, in SQL Server the system tables are deprecated (i.e. syscolumns, sysobjects) and it's recommended as a best practice to use the views instead, sys.columns, sys.objects, etc.

This will give you Table, column, data type, and maxlength for each one.