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4> create table Bankers(
5>    BankerID             Integer,
6>    BankerName           VARCHAR(20),
7>    BankerContactLName   VARCHAR(20),
8>    BankerContactFName   VARCHAR(20),
9>    BankerCity           VARCHAR(20),
10>    BankerState          VARCHAR(20),
11>    BankerZipCode        VARCHAR(20),
12>    BankerPhone          VARCHAR(20)
13> )
14> GO
1>
2> insert into Bankers values (1, 'ABC Inc.','Joe','Smith','Vancouver','BC','11111','111-111-1111');
3> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (2, 'DEF Inc.','Red','Rice', 'New York', 'DE','22222','222-222-2222');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (3, 'HJI Inc.','Kit','Cat',  'Paris',    'CA','33333','333-333-3333');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (4, 'QWE Inc.','Git','Black','Regina',   'ER','44444','444-444-4444');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (5, 'RTY Inc.','Wil','Lee',  'Toronto',  'YU','55555','555-555-5555');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (6, 'YUI Inc.','Ted','Larry','Calgary',  'TY','66666','666-666-6666');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (7, 'OIP Inc.','Yam','Act',  'San Franc','FG','77777','777-777-7777');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (8, 'SAD Inc.','Hit','Eat',  'Orland',   'PO','88888','888-888-8888');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (9, 'DFG Inc.','Sad','Lee',  'Wisler',   'PL','99999','999-999-9999');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (0, 'GHJ Inc.','Bit','Lee',  'Ticker',   'MN','00000','000-000-0000');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2> SELECT c.name 'Column name', t.name 'Data type name',
3>     c.max_length, c.precision, c.scale,
4>     c.is_nullable 'nullable', c.is_identity 'identity'
5> FROM sys.columns c
6> JOIN sys.types t
7> ON c.user_type_id = t.user_type_id
8> WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID('Bankers')
9> GO
Column name                                                                                                                      Data type name
                                                          max_length precision scale nullable identity
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------- ---------- --------- ----- -------- --------
BankerID                                                                                                                         int
                                                                   4        10     0        1        0
BankerName                                                                                                                       varchar
                                                                  20         0     0        1        0
BankerContactLName                                                                                                               varchar
                                                                  20         0     0        1        0
BankerContactFName                                                                                                               varchar
                                                                  20         0     0        1        0
BankerCity                                                                                                                       varchar
                                                                  20         0     0        1        0
BankerState                                                                                                                      varchar
                                                                  20         0     0        1        0
BankerZipCode                                                                                                                    varchar
                                                                  20         0     0        1        0
BankerPhone                                                                                                                      varchar
                                                                  20         0     0        1        0

(8 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table Bankers;
3> GO
1>








27.20.sys.types
27.20.1.Join sys.columns and sys.types