IF EXISTS Column (for MS SQL 2000)

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Hello

How do you check if a column exist for MS SQL 2000 ?

for a table :

if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[myTable]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1)
drop table [dbo].[myTable]
GO

but I dont find it for a column

Thank you