Just to add to this library of answers a much better solution for any other nomadic inquisitors who may happen upon this post. If you have access to the stored procedures on the MSSQL Server, by FAR the EASIEST way to do this is to call the sp_columns system stored procedure.
| WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON A new estimate of how many Americans have the AIDS virus puts the number at about 1.1 million, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
How many people have HIV and AIDS? Worldwide: UNAIDS estimates that as of December 2000, there were an estimated 36.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS (34.7 million adults and 1.4 million children under 15). Since the epidemic began, an estimated 21.8 million people have died of AIDS (17.5 million adults and 4.3 million children under 15).