Find User Tables and Their Columns Info in SQL Server Using Object Catalog Views (Repost)

Marlon Ribunal's Note On SQL Server

[Update 07-09-09: Added MSDN Link at the bottom]

Here’s a quick TSQL solution that you can use to find all the User Tables and their Columns, inluding Data Types, and Column size. This is useful when you need a quick way of finding info on creating your Database’s documentation. Whenever I am asked to document a new system/application or review an existing one, I always want to start from the very core of the system – mostly, this is a Database backend.

SELECT t.name AS [ TABLE Name],

c.name AS [ COLUMN Name],

p.name AS [DATA Type],

p.max_length AS [SIZE],

CAST (p.…