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Re: descibe tables in sqlcmd

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björn lundin (b.f.lundin@gmail.com) writes:
> In other databases, the prompt-tool offers a way of doing dml/ddl
> statements.
> They usually have a way of describing objects in the db as well
> I have not found that with sqlcmd yet.
 
Try "EXEC sp_help 'tbl'". Which you can shorten to "sp_help tbl", as long 
as there is no schema component in the name.

Although, Microsoft is moving away from the sp_helpxxx procedures, why new 
features may not be presented in these. Rather, MS thinks it better to query 
the catalog views directly.


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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descibe tables in sqlcmd björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2011-06-12 07:25 -0700
  Re: descibe tables in sqlcmd Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2011-06-12 20:32 +0200
    Re: descibe tables in sqlcmd björn lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2011-06-12 13:04 -0700

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