I know in Oracle you can use DBA_TAB_COLUMNS (or ALL_TAB_COLUMNS). My SQL Server knowledge is very rusty, but can't you use the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS view?

Isn't there an easy way to get a 2-digit day from a SQL query?

SELECT datepart(dd, getDate());

will return "1" for July 1st. How can I get it to return ...