or you can do this to make it just one statement:
if exists (select * from ::fn_listextendedproperty ('MS_Description','SCHEMA','NCOS','TABLE','NCOS_Data','COLUMN','NC_Prospect_Name'))
begin
exec sp_updateextendedproperty
@name='MS_Description'
,@value=N'Your description'
,@level0type='SCHEMA'
,@level0name='NCOS'
,@level1type='TABLE'
,@level1name='NCOS_Data'
,@level2type='COLUMN'
,@level2name='NC_Prospect_Name'
end
else
begin
exec sp_addextendedproperty
@name='MS_Description'
,@value=N'Your description'
,@level0type='SCHEMA'
,@level0name='NCOS'
,@level1type='TABLE'
,@level1name='NCOS_Data'
,@level2type='COLUMN'
,@level2name='NC_Prospect_Name'
end;
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