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# sysarticlecolumns (Transact-SQL)
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  The **sysarticlecolumns** table contains one row for each table column that is published in a snapshot or transactional publication, and maps each column to its article. This table is stored in the publication database.  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**artid**|**int**|Identifies an article.|  
|**colid**|**smallint**|Identifies a column in an article.|  
|**is_udt**|**bit**|Indicates whether the column is a user-defined data type (UDT) column. A value of **1** indicates a UDT column.|  
|**is_xml**|**bit**|Indicates whether the column is an **xml** column. A value of **1** indicates an xml column.|  
|**is_max**|**bit**|Indicates whether the column is a Large Value data type column, **varchar(max)**, **nvarchar(max)**, and **varbinary(max)**. A value of **1** indicates a Large Value column.|  
  
## See Also  
 [Replication Tables (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-tables/replication-tables-transact-sql.md)   
 [Replication Views (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-views/replication-views-transact-sql.md)