Regarding your second question, if it refers to partitioned views then the range etc. would be in the definition of the view. That is: sp_helptext nameofview

This will tell you the ranges in your partitions:

SELECT a.NAME, a.boundary_value_on_right, b.boundary_id, b.value

FROM sys.partition_functions a

INNER JOIN sys.partition_range_values b ON a.function_id = b.function_id

ORDER BY a.name

I am new to partitions but this may be a start:

SELECT b.NAME, a.*

FROM sys.partitions a

INNER JOIN sys.sysobjects b ON a.object_id = b.id

WHERE b.xtype = 'u'

ORDER BY...