That description is stored as an extended property. Look at the
documentation of function fn_listextendedproperty for instructions on
how to retrieve this.

Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:29:46 -0700, vesta <vesta0424@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm using stored procedures to create an online data dictionary for
>all of our dbs and I thought it would be very cool if there was a way
>that I could somehow pull the columns description entered in the table
>design view (lower pane) of EM. I have poked around, but have not
>found a way. It is my suspcion that this may be impossible. Does any
>smart person out there know?
>
>Also want to pull pks and fks and other constraints, which I think I
>can figure out how to do, but if anyone has any pointers, that would
>also be appreciated.
>
>Many Thanks,
>
>Georgia