Thanks a million!

By the way, should a developper use information_schema instead of systables?

>Run
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>sp_helptext 'SP_MsHelpColumns'
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>from the master database. The results will be the source for sp_MsHelpColumns.
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>-Mike
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>>I am currently using this store proc to get columns information : SP_MsHelpColumns because with this one I get the COL_LEN and COL_SCALE.
>>I cannot have this information from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns nor SP_Columns
>>And I use fn_listextendedproperty to retreive extended properties.
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>>Is there a way to combine the SP_MsHelpColumns with the fn_listextendedproperty in one single SQL statement?
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>>Or What's the SQL statement behind SP_MsHelpColumns?