Column API: list all properties available

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Contributions

• I have read the contribution docs, and understand what's expected of me.

Link to the page on docs.getdbt.com requiring updates

https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/dbt-classes#column-api

What part(s) of the page would you like to see updated?

The docs should include all the methods decorated with @property as well as the explicit properties listed here.

Decorated properties:

• name
• quoted
• data_type

Explicit properties:

• column
• dtype
• char_size
• numeric_precision
• numeric_scale

The unified list is:

• column: Returns the name of the column
• name: Returns the name of the column (alias for column)
• quoted: Returns the name of the column wrapped in quotes
• data_type: Returns the data type of the column (with size/precision/scale included)
• dtype: Returns the data type of the column (without any size/precision/scale included)
• char_size: Returns the maximum size for character varying columns
• numeric_precision: Returns the maximum precision for fixed decimal columns
• numeric_scale: Returns the maximum scale for fixed decimal columns

Additional information

Instigating context: in discussing options within dbt-labs/dbt-codegen#122, there weren't sufficient docs to describe all the options and their differences.