Question

is it possible to retrieve by using connection.getschema() the description item from a sql server table column, just like it’s possible to retrieve the column name, data type, is nullable, column default value, etc? if so, how?

Answer 1

On Sql Server 2005, you can use this system table value function:

fn_listextendedproperty (Transact-SQL)

or try a query, from from this article, like this:

SELECT  
    [Table Name] = OBJECT_NAME(c.object_id), 
    [Column Name] = c.name, 
    [Description] = ex.value  
FROM  
    sys.columns c  
LEFT OUTER JOIN  
    sys.extended_properties ex  
ON  
    ex.major_id = c.object_id 
    AND ex.minor_id = c.column_id  
    AND ex.name = 'MS_Description'  
WHERE  
    OBJECTPROPERTY(c.object_id, 'IsMsShipped')=0  
    -- AND OBJECT_NAME(c.object_id) = 'your_table' 
ORDER  
    BY OBJECT_NAME(c.object_id), c.column_id