SQL Comments on Create Table on SQL Server 2008

Question

I need to create some pretty big tables in SQL Server 2008, while I do have SQL Server Management Studio, I would like to comment the tables and the columns when I create the table. How do I do this?

Example of the query I am running:

CREATE TABLE cert_Certifications
(
  certificationID int PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
  profileID int,
  cprAdultExp datetime null
)

I've tried COMMENT'Expiration Date for the Adult CPR' and COMMENT='Expiration Date for the Adult CPR' after the data type, and SQL Server is giving me an error.

Answer 1

This is what I use

/*==============================================================*/
/* Table: TABLE_1                                               */
/*==============================================================*/
create table TABLE_1 (
   ID                   int                  identity,
   COLUMN_1             varchar(10)          null,
   COLUMN_2             varchar(10)          null,
   constraint PK_TABLE_1 primary key nonclustered (ID)
)
go

declare @CurrentUser sysname
select @CurrentUser = user_name()
execute sp_addextendedproperty 'MS_Description', 
   'This is my table comment',
   'user', @CurrentUser, 'table', 'TABLE_1'
go

declare @CurrentUser sysname
select @CurrentUser = user_name()
execute sp_addextendedproperty 'MS_Description', 
   'This is the primary key comment',
   'user', @CurrentUser, 'table', 'TABLE_1', 'column', 'ID'
go

declare @CurrentUser sysname
select @CurrentUser = user_name()
execute sp_addextendedproperty 'MS_Description', 
   'This is column one comment',
   'user', @CurrentUser, 'table', 'TABLE_1', 'column', 'COLUMN_1'
go

declare @CurrentUser sysname
select @CurrentUser = user_name()
execute sp_addextendedproperty 'MS_Description', 
   'This is column 2 comment',
   'user', @CurrentUser, 'table', 'TABLE_1', 'column', 'COLUMN_2'
go