How do I look at column metadata in Sybase?

Question

I have a list of columns a co-worker has given to me, but these columns reside in different tables in the DB. Is there some kind of tool in Sybase where I can query the tabl

Answer 1

You can find the information for any column in:

SELECT * 
  FROM sys.syscolumns

If you want to know to what table a column belongs:

SELECT cname, tname 
  FROM sys.syscolumns
 WHERE tname IN ('col_1', 'col_2')

^{NOTE: I test this in Sybase ASA 9.}