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How to export column descriptions for each column header in an SQL table into excel?

Asked by orazen11 in PL / SQL, SQL Server 2005, dBase

In SQL, I was looking to add some kind of description that I could associate with the column names in a table and also fetch from SQL into excel along with the column names & data. Basically I need both column names and their descriptions along with the data.
My post includes the code using which I can add descriptions to objects like columns. The second part gives a query which displays the column descriptions when run from SQL, but does not return them when run from excel using ADO.

Why is this the case only with description? I mean I am able to export into excel the table names and column names using the query I have pasted in my previous post, then why am I not able to export column descriptions?Start Free Trial
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-- For adding a description to a column
USE vns_db;
GO
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty
@name = N'description_name',  
@value = N'description_value', 
@level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = dbo,    
@level1type = N'TABLE',  @level1name = risk_parameters,  
@level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = branch_client; 
GO
 
 
 
 
 
-- For fetching the column name & description
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 
WHERE  
    OBJECT_NAME(c.object_id) = 'risk_parameters'  
ORDER 
    BY OBJECT_NAME(c.object_id), c.column_id
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