• there is a view you can select from, and a function that you can use as well:

    select * FROM fn_listextendedproperty (NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

    select * from sys.extended_properties

    when you add the description in designer, it's actually calling the procedure sys.sp_addextendedproperty to add the description you are thinking about.

    Lowell


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