Another way to get a list of columns from a table is to use the "sp_help" stored procedure. "sp_help" returns more than just a list of columns. It returns: the table information, the column information, the identity column, the row GUID column, the primary key, indexes, and constraints. It you run "sp_help tip" in SQL Server Management Studio, you will see the result as shown in this picture:

sp_help Stored Procedure