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  • Procedure I wrote which does this all for you:

    create procedure dbo.fn_tablecompare(@table1 varchar(20), @table2 varchar(20))

    as

    begin

    declare @sql nvarchar(max)

    set @sql = ''

    select @sql = @sql + 'select max(len(' + COLUMN_NAME + ')) columnlength, ''' + column_name + ''' columnname from ' + TABLE_NAME + ' union ' from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where TABLE_NAME = @table1

    set @sql = LEFT(@sql,LEN(@sql)-5)

    set @sql = 'select isnull(columnlength,0) columnlength, b.character_maximum_length, columnname from (' + @sql + ') a join information_schema.columns b on (a.columnname = b.column_name) where b.table_name = ''' + @table2 + ''' and a.columnlength > b.character_maximum_length'

    exec (@sql)

    end