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  • ... or you could simply use the built-in functionality in SSMS. Highlight the table name, and hit ALT+F1. It will give you all kinds of useful table metadata, including:

    - Column data types and lengths

    - Identity field, seed, increment if present

    - Filegroup

    - Index names

    - Foreign Keys from this table

    - Foreign Keys to this table

    Hakim Ali
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