find which field and table blank or null field

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find which field and table blank or null field

Bruin

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November 18, 2021 at 1:03 am

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I'm trying to turn this query into something that is more dynamic. I would like it to be able to grab a set of tables(example like sales%), and be able to tell me which table and field meets my criteria. then dump that record into some sort of generic error table.
Thanks.
```
DECLARE @tb nvarchar(512) = N'dbo.[salescube_export]';

DECLARE @sql nvarchar(max) = N'SELECT * FROM ' + @tb
    + N' WHERE 1 = 0';

SELECT @sql += N' OR ' + QUOTENAME(name) + N' IS NULL'
    FROM sys.columns 
    WHERE [object_id] = OBJECT_ID(@tb)
    AND is_nullable = 1;

EXEC sys.sp_executesql @sql;
```
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Bruin SSCrazy Points: 2018 More actions · Answer 1

I also don't think it's checking for an Empty value in the fields.

thx.

Mike01 SSChampion Points: 11393 More actions · Answer 2

I think you want to check the entre table for fields that are null or have an empty string. You can try something like this

DECLARE @tb nvarchar(512) = N'dbo.[salescube_export]';
DECLARE @sql nvarchar(max) = N'SELECT * FROM ' + @tb
+ N' WHERE 1 = 0';
SELECT @sql += N' OR IsNull(cast(' + QUOTENAME(name) + N' as varchar(max)),'' '') = '' '''
FROM sys.columns
WHERE [object_id] = OBJECT_ID(@tb)
AND is_nullable = 1;
EXEC sys.sp_executesql @sql;

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Bruin SSCrazy Points: 2018 More actions · Answer 3

Works great, any way to dump the field data it finds to a generic error_log table, and be able to scan multiple tables at once.

Thx.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003894 More actions · Answer 4

Sorry. Post removed. I looked at the code and read it incorrectly.

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