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Datatype of a column

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dummy-girl
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Posted - 2005-05-12 : 14:41:41

How do I display the datatype of a column using SQL?

Not the datatype of the column value, but the datatype of the column as mentioned when it is created.

Select unknownFunction(myColumnName) from myTableName

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2005-05-12 : 14:43:08

[code]USE Northwind
GO

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'Orders'
GO

sp_help Orders
GO

[/code]

Brett

8-)

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