Where do I find Sql Server metadata for column datatypes?

Question

I know that I can get access to column properties via:

select * 
from sysobjects

What I can\'t find however is information about where to g

Answer 1

The correct way to do this is to join to user_type_id in the sys.types table:

select object_NAME(c.object_id), c.name, t.name, c.max_length
from sys.columns c
INNER JOIN sys.types t
    ON t.user_type_id = c.user_type_id

user_type_id is identical to system_type_id for system types - see documentation: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms188021.aspx