• ok this nippet, based on using some FOR XML statements goves a SQL statement you could execute that looks like this:

    SELECT * FROM MYSTAGE WHERE 1 = 2

    OR ISNUMERIC(COUNTYTBLKEY) = 0

    OR ISNUMERIC(INDEXTBLKEY) = 0

    OR LEN(STATE) > 2

    OR LEN(DESCRIP) > 30

    OR LEN(CODE) > 3

    OR ISNUMERIC(STATETBLKEY) = 0

    OR ISNUMERIC(REGIONTBLKEY) = 0

    OR ISNUMERIC(EDREGIONTBLKEY) = 0

    OR ISNUMERIC(SPECDISTTBLKEY) = 0

    this might get you started:

    [font="Courier New"]DECLARE @STAGINGTABLE VARCHAR(125),

            @TESTAGAINST  VARCHAR(125)

    SELECT @STAGINGTABLE ='MYSTAGE' ,

        @TESTAGAINST  ='TBCOUNTY'

    SELECT

      DISTINCT REPLACE(REPLACE('SELECT * FROM '

                       + @STAGINGTABLE

                       + ' WHERE 1 = 2 '

                       + STUFF(

                              (

                               SELECT

                                 ' OR  '

                                 + CASE

                                     WHEN B.DATA_TYPE IN('varchar','nvarchar','char','nchar')

                                     THEN ' LEN('+ B.COLUMN_NAME + ') > '+ CONVERT(VARCHAR,CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH) + ' '

                                     WHEN DATA_TYPE IN('datetime')

                                     THEN ' ISDATE(' + B.COLUMN_NAME + ') = 0 '

                                     WHEN DATA_TYPE IN('int','bigint','money','float','decimal','numeric')

                                     THEN ' ISNUMERIC('+ B.COLUMN_NAME + ') = 0 '

                                   END

                               FROM information_schema.columns B

                               WHERE A.TABLE_NAME = B.TABLE_NAME

                                 FOR XML PATH(''))

                               ,

                               1, 2, ' OR  ') ,'>','>'

                       ),'OR  R   ',' OR   ') AS SQLSTATEMENT

    FROM information_schema.columns A

    WHERE TABLE_NAME = @TESTAGAINST

    [/font]

    Lowell


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