Useful T-SQL queries for SQL Server to explore database schema.

select i.[name] as index_name,
    substring(column_names, 1, len(column_names)-1) as [columns],
    case when i.[type] = 1 then 'Clustered index'
        when i.[type] = 2 then 'Nonclustered unique index'
        when i.[type] = 3 then 'XML index'
        when i.[type] = 4 then 'Spatial index'
        when i.[type] = 5 then 'Clustered columnstore index'
        when i.[type] = 6 then 'Nonclustered columnstore index'
        when i.[type] = 7 then 'Nonclustered hash index'
        end as index_type,
    case when i.is_unique = 1 then 'Unique'
        else 'Not unique' end as [unique],
    schema_name(t.schema_id) + '.' + t.[name] as table_view, 
    case when t.[type] = 'U' then 'Table'
        when t.[type] = 'V' then 'View'
        end as [object_type]
from sys.objects t
    inner join sys.indexes i
        on t.object_id = i.object_id
    cross apply (select col.[name] + ', '
                    from sys.index_columns ic
                        inner join sys.columns col
                            on ic.object_id = col.object_id
                            and ic.column_id = col.column_id
                    where ic.object_id = t.object_id
                        and ic.index_id = i.index_id
                            order by key_ordinal
                            for xml path ('') ) D (column_names)
where t.is_ms_shipped <> 1
and index_id > 0
order by i.[name]