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rmg1
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Posted - 07/04/2012 :  06:27:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi all

I need to check all the fields in all tables in all databases to check if any are nvarchar.

Is there any "reasonably" quick way of doing this without checking each table in each database by hand?

sunitabeck
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Posted - 07/04/2012 :  09:32:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You can use the sp_MSforeachdb stored proc. It is an undocumented stored proc, but everyone seems to use it without a second thought. You would do something like this, for example:
exec sp_MSforeachdb 
'select 
	''?'' AS [Database],
	[COLUMN_NAME],
	[CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH]
 from 
	[?].[Information_schema].[columns]
 where
	[DATA_TYPE] = ''nvarchar''';
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rmg1
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Posted - 07/04/2012 :  10:12:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks for that.
Is it possible to add in the table name as well?
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sunitabeck
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Posted - 07/04/2012 :  10:21:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by rmg1

Thanks for that.
Is it possible to add in the table name as well?
You can add TABLE_NAME column (and any other column returned by the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS catalog view).
exec sp_MSforeachdb 
'select 
	''?'' AS [Database],
	[COLUMN_NAME],
	[CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH],
	[TABLE_NAME]
 from 
	[?].[Information_schema].[columns]
 where
	[DATA_TYPE] = ''nvarchar''';
Edited by - sunitabeck on 07/04/2012 10:23:05
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rmg1
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Posted - 07/04/2012 :  10:48:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks for that, it'll save ma about 2 hours searching.
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