Ok, no bling in this post, just a down-and-dirty method to use the system catalog views to return all columns and associated metadata for the current database.

SELECT OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(T.[object_id],DB_ID()) AS [Schema],  
  T.[name] AS [table_name], I.[name] AS [index_name], 
  AC.[name] AS [column_name], I.[type_desc], I.[is_unique], 
  I.[data_space_id], I.[ignore_dup_key], I.[is_primary_key],
  I.[is_unique_constraint], I.[fill_factor],    I.[is_padded], I.[is_disabled], 
  I.[is_hypothetical], I.[allow_row_locks], I.[allow_page_locks], 
  IC.[is_descending_key], IC.[is_included_column]
FROM sys.[tables] AS T  
  INNER JOIN sys.[indexes] I ON T.[object_id] = I.[object_id]   
  INNER JOIN sys.[index_columns] IC ON I.[object_id] = IC.[object_id] 
   AND I.[index_id] = IC.[index_id]
  INNER JOIN sys.[all_columns] AC ON T.[object_id] = AC.[object_id] 
   AND IC.[column_id] = AC.[column_id]
WHERE T.[is_ms_shipped] = 0 AND I.[type_desc] <> ’HEAP’
ORDER BY T.[name], I.[index_id], IC.[key_ordinal]

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