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title View the Table Definition | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date 03/14/2017
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ms.prod_service table-view-index, sql-database, sql-data-warehouse, pdw
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View the Table Definition

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You can display properties for a table in [!INCLUDEssCurrent] by using [!INCLUDEssManStudioFull] or [!INCLUDEtsql].

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Before You Begin

Security

Permissions

You can only see properties in a table if you either own the table or have been granted permissions to that table.

Using SQL Server Management Studio

To show table properties in the Properties window

  1. In Object Explorer, select the table for which you want to show properties.

  2. Right-click the table and choose Properties from the shortcut menu. For more information, see Table Properties - SSMS.

Using Transact-SQL

To show table properties

  1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of [!INCLUDEssDE].

  2. On the Standard bar, click New Query.

  3. Copy and paste the following example into the query window and click Execute. The example returns all columns from the sys.tables catalog view for the specified object.

    SELECT * FROM sys.tables  
WHERE object_id = 1973582069;

For more information, see sys.tables (Transact-SQL).