get basic SQL Server table structure information

Question

I can get the number of columns in an SQL Server database with this:

SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE table_name = \'Address\'

Answer 1

sp_help will give you a whole bunch of information about a table including the columns, keys and constraints. For example, running

exec sp_help 'Address' 

will give you information about Address.