SQL: getting column information

To retrieve a list of column information for a table using T-SQL, use the following method:

SELECT 
   ORDINAL_POSITION
  ,COLUMN_NAME
  ,DATA_TYPE
  ,CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH
  ,IS_NULLABLE
  ,COLUMN_DEFAULT
FROM   
  INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS 
WHERE   
  TABLE_NAME = '<your table>' 
ORDER BY 
  ORDINAL_POSITION ASC;

thanks to the original poster.