Interpreting type codes in sys.objects in SQL Server

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Published on 2010-05-25T17:43:03Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 18:21 UTC
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On SQL Server, the sys.objects table includes "Type" and "Type_Desc" attributes. For example:

SELECT DISTINCT [Type], Type_Desc
FROM Sys.Objects
ORDER BY [Type]

Returns:

C       CHECK_CONSTRAINT  
D       DEFAULT_CONSTRAINT  
F       FOREIGN_KEY_CONSTRAINT  
FN      SQL_SCALAR_FUNCTION  
FS      CLR_SCALAR_FUNCTION  
IT      INTERNAL_TABLE  
P       SQL_STORED_PROCEDURE  
PK      PRIMARY_KEY_CONSTRAINT  
S       SYSTEM_TABLE  
SQ      SERVICE_QUEUE  
TR      SQL_TRIGGER  
U       USER_TABLE  
UQ      UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT  
V       VIEW  

Is there a comprehensive list of these types somewhere? There isn't a constraint on sys.objects that points me to table of these, and sys.types contains data types. I've searched SQL BOL but haven't found it. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: Some DBs use only a subset of these types. For example, if I have a database with no views, when I query Sys.Objects as above, there are no "V" rows in the results. I am looking for a list of all possible types and descriptions used by SQL Server.

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