sp_MSForEachDB

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sp_MSForEachDB

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March 24, 2015 at 2:45 pm

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I'm trying to use sp_MSForEachDB to return a list of all members of role db_owner which are not 'dbo'.
This is what I have so far and is returning the same dbname for all result sets returned rather than the actual dbname for each. Assistance is appreciated!
CREATE TABLE #temp (
DatabaseName VARCHAR(128),
dbrole VARCHAR(40),
membername VARCHAR(40)
);
GO
declare @query nvarchar(2000)
set @query = 'Insert Into #temp EXEC sp_helprolemember ''db_owner''
(select DB_NAME()AS DBName, *
FROM #temp
WHERE [membername] != ''dbo'')'
EXEC sp_MSForEachDB @query
DROP TABLE #temp;

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

Inside your query to be executed you need to change the database in order to change the results. In other words, a use dbname needs to be employed.

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rocky SSCrazy Points: 2120 More actions · Answer 2

When I do that I get blanks in the dbrole column and garbage in the memername column:

CREATE TABLE #temp (

DatabaseName VARCHAR(128),

dbrole VARCHAR(40),

membername VARCHAR(40)

);

GO

declare @query nvarchar(2000)

set @query = 'USE ?; Insert Into #temp EXEC sp_helprolemember ''db_owner''

(select DB_NAME()AS DBName, *

FROM #temp

WHERE [membername] != ''dbo'')'

EXEC sp_MSForEachDB @query

DROP TABLE #temp;

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182947 More actions · Answer 3

Quick thought, I reject any code using either sp_MSforeachdb or sp_MSforeach_worker as these do not meet the standards I'm enforcing, for fun, have a look at the code

/*

* The following table definition will be created by SQLDMO at start of each connection.

* We don't create it here temporarily because we need it in Exec() or upgrade won't work.

*/

create proc sys.sp_MSforeachdb

@command1 nvarchar(2000), @replacechar nchar(1) = N'?', @command2 nvarchar(2000) = null, @command3 nvarchar(2000) = null,

@precommand nvarchar(2000) = null, @postcommand nvarchar(2000) = null

as

set deadlock_priority low

/* This proc returns one or more rows for each accessible db, with each db defaulting to its own result set */

/* @precommand and @postcommand may be used to force a single result set via a temp table. */

/* Preprocessor won't replace within quotes so have to use str(). */

declare @inaccessible nvarchar(12), @invalidlogin nvarchar(12), @dbinaccessible nvarchar(12)

select @inaccessible = ltrim(str(convert(int, 0x03e0), 11))

select @invalidlogin = ltrim(str(convert(int, 0x40000000), 11))

select @dbinaccessible = N'0x80000000'/* SQLDMODbUserProf_InaccessibleDb; the negative number doesn't work in convert() */

if (@precommand is not null)

exec(@precommand)

declare @origdb nvarchar(128)

select @origdb = db_name()

/* If it's a single user db and there's an entry for it in sysprocesses who isn't us, we can't use it. */

/* Create the select */

exec(N'declare hCForEachDatabase cursor global for select name from master.dbo.sysdatabases d ' +

N' where (d.status & ' + @inaccessible + N' = 0)' +

N' and (DATABASEPROPERTYEX(d.name, ''UserAccess'') <> ''SINGLE_USER'' and (has_dbaccess(d.name) = 1))' )

declare @retval int

select @retval = @@error

if (@retval = 0)

exec @retval = sys.sp_MSforeach_worker @command1, @replacechar, @command2, @command3, 1

if (@retval = 0 and @postcommand is not null)

exec(@postcommand)

declare @tempdb nvarchar(258)

SELECT @tempdb = REPLACE(@origdb, N']', N']]')

exec (N'use ' + N'[' + @tempdb + N']')

return @retval

---------------------------------

/*

* This is the worker proc for all of the "for each" type procs. Its function is to read the

* next replacement name from the cursor (which returns only a single name), plug it into the

* replacement locations for the commands, and execute them. It assumes the cursor "hCForEach***"

* has already been opened by its caller.

* worker_type is a parameter that indicates whether we call this for a database (1) or for a table (0)

*/

create proc sys.sp_MSforeach_worker

@command1 nvarchar(2000), @replacechar nchar(1) = N'?', @command2 nvarchar(2000) = null, @command3 nvarchar(2000) = null, @worker_type int =1

as

create table #qtemp (/* Temp command storage */

qnumintNOT NULL,

qcharnvarchar(2000)COLLATE database_default NULL

)

set nocount on

declare @name nvarchar(517), @namelen int, @q1 nvarchar(2000), @q2 nvarchar(2000)

declare @q3 nvarchar(2000), @q4 nvarchar(2000), @q5 nvarchar(2000)

declare @q6 nvarchar(2000), @q7 nvarchar(2000), @q8 nvarchar(2000), @q9 nvarchar(2000), @q10 nvarchar(2000)

declare @cmd nvarchar(2000), @replacecharindex int, @useq tinyint, @usecmd tinyint, @nextcmd nvarchar(2000)

declare @namesave nvarchar(517), @nametmp nvarchar(517), @nametmp2 nvarchar(258)

declare @local_cursor cursor

if @worker_type=1

set @local_cursor = hCForEachDatabase

else

set @local_cursor = hCForEachTable

open @local_cursor

fetch @local_cursor into @name

/* Loop for each database */

while (@@fetch_status >= 0) begin

/* Initialize. */

/* save the original dbname */

select @namesave = @name

select @useq = 1, @usecmd = 1, @cmd = @command1, @namelen = datalength(@name)

while (@cmd is not null) begin/* Generate @q* for exec() */

/*

* Parse each @commandX into a single executable batch.

* Because the expanded form of a @commandX may be > OSQL_MAXCOLLEN_SET, we'll need to allow overflow.

* We also may append @commandX's (signified by '++' as first letters of next @command).

*/

select @replacecharindex = charindex(@replacechar, @cmd)

while (@replacecharindex <> 0) begin

/* 7.0, if name contains ' character, and the name has been single quoted in command, double all of them in dbname */

/* if the name has not been single quoted in command, do not doulbe them */

/* if name contains ] character, and the name has been [] quoted in command, double all of ] in dbname */

select @name = @namesave

select @namelen = datalength(@name)

declare @tempindex int

if (substring(@cmd, @replacecharindex - 1, 1) = N'''') begin

/* if ? is inside of '', we need to double all the ' in name */

select @name = REPLACE(@name, N'''', N'''''')

end else if (substring(@cmd, @replacecharindex - 1, 1) = N'[') begin

/* if ? is inside of [], we need to double all the ] in name */

select @name = REPLACE(@name, N']', N']]')

end else if ((@name LIKE N'%].%]') and (substring(@name, 1, 1) = N'[')) begin

/* ? is NOT inside of [] nor '', and the name is in [owner].[name] format, handle it */

/* !!! work around, when using LIKE to find string pattern, can't use '[', since LIKE operator is treating '[' as a wide char */

select @tempindex = charindex(N'].[', @name)

select @nametmp = substring(@name, 2, @tempindex-2 )

select @nametmp2 = substring(@name, @tempindex+3, len(@name)-@tempindex-3 )

select @nametmp = REPLACE(@nametmp, N']', N']]')

select @nametmp2 = REPLACE(@nametmp2, N']', N']]')

select @name = N'[' + @nametmp + N'].[' + @nametmp2 + ']'

end else if ((@name LIKE N'%]') and (substring(@name, 1, 1) = N'[')) begin

/* ? is NOT inside of [] nor '', and the name is in [name] format, handle it */

/* j.i.c., since we should not fall into this case */

/* !!! work around, when using LIKE to find string pattern, can't use '[', since LIKE operator is treating '[' as a wide char */

select @nametmp = substring(@name, 2, len(@name)-2 )

select @nametmp = REPLACE(@nametmp, N']', N']]')

select @name = N'[' + @nametmp + N']'

end

/* Get the new length */

select @namelen = datalength(@name)

/* start normal process */

if (datalength(@cmd) + @namelen - 1 > 2000) begin

/* Overflow; put preceding stuff into the temp table */

if (@useq > 9) begin

close @local_cursor

if @worker_type=1

deallocate hCForEachDatabase

else

deallocate hCForEachTable

RAISERROR(55555, 16, 1); -- N'sp_MSforeach_worker assert failed: command too long'

return 1

end

if (@replacecharindex < @namelen) begin

/* If this happened close to beginning, make sure expansion has enough room. */

/* In this case no trailing space can occur as the row ends with @name. */

select @nextcmd = substring(@cmd, 1, @replacecharindex)

select @cmd = substring(@cmd, @replacecharindex + 1, 2000)

select @nextcmd = stuff(@nextcmd, @replacecharindex, 1, @name)

select @replacecharindex = charindex(@replacechar, @cmd)

insert #qtemp values (@useq, @nextcmd)

select @useq = @useq + 1

continue

end

/* Move the string down and stuff() in-place. */

/* Because varchar columns trim trailing spaces, we may need to prepend one to the following string. */

/* In this case, the char to be replaced is moved over by one. */

insert #qtemp values (@useq, substring(@cmd, 1, @replacecharindex - 1))

if (substring(@cmd, @replacecharindex - 1, 1) = N' ') begin

select @cmd = N' ' + substring(@cmd, @replacecharindex, 2000)

select @replacecharindex = 2

end else begin

select @cmd = substring(@cmd, @replacecharindex, 2000)

select @replacecharindex = 1

end

select @useq = @useq + 1

end

select @cmd = stuff(@cmd, @replacecharindex, 1, @name)

select @replacecharindex = charindex(@replacechar, @cmd)

end

/* Done replacing for current @cmd. Get the next one and see if it's to be appended. */

select @usecmd = @usecmd + 1

select @nextcmd = case (@usecmd) when 2 then @command2 when 3 then @command3 else null end

if (@nextcmd is not null and substring(@nextcmd, 1, 2) = N'++') begin

insert #qtemp values (@useq, @cmd)

select @cmd = substring(@nextcmd, 3, 2000), @useq = @useq + 1

continue

end

/* Now exec() the generated @q*, and see if we had more commands to exec(). Continue even if errors. */

/* Null them first as the no-result-set case won't. */

select @q1 = null, @q2 = null, @q3 = null, @q4 = null, @q5 = null, @q6 = null, @q7 = null, @q8 = null, @q9 = null, @q10 = null

select @q1 = qchar from #qtemp where qnum = 1

select @q2 = qchar from #qtemp where qnum = 2

select @q3 = qchar from #qtemp where qnum = 3

select @q4 = qchar from #qtemp where qnum = 4

select @q5 = qchar from #qtemp where qnum = 5

select @q6 = qchar from #qtemp where qnum = 6

select @q7 = qchar from #qtemp where qnum = 7

select @q8 = qchar from #qtemp where qnum = 8

select @q9 = qchar from #qtemp where qnum = 9

select @q10 = qchar from #qtemp where qnum = 10

truncate table #qtemp

exec (@q1 + @q2 + @q3 + @q4 + @q5 + @q6 + @q7 + @q8 + @q9 + @q10 + @cmd)

select @cmd = @nextcmd, @useq = 1

end /* while @cmd is not null, generating @q* for exec() */

/* All commands done for this name. Go to next one. */

fetch @local_cursor into @name

end /* while FETCH_SUCCESS */

close @local_cursor

if @worker_type=1

deallocate hCForEachDatabase

else

deallocate hCForEachTable

return 0

Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61141 More actions · Answer 4

I reject any code using either sp_MSforeachdb or sp_MSforeach_worker as these do not meet the standards I'm enforcing,

+1

"I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

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