Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Useful operations with sp_MSforeachtable Stored Procedure

Following commands displays how to execute delete, truncate, drop, enable/disable constraints/trigger operations on a DataBase:


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--Delete all data in the database
EXEC sp_MSForEachTable 'DELETE FROM ?'
EXEC sp_MSForEachTable 'TRUNCATE TABLE ?'

EXEC sp_MSForEachTable
'BEGIN TRY
TRUNCATE TABLE ?
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
DELETE FROM ?
END CATCH;'
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--Disable Constraints & Triggers
exec sp_MSforeachtable 'ALTER TABLE ? NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL'
exec sp_MSforeachtable 'ALTER TABLE ? DISABLE TRIGGER ALL'
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--Perform delete operation on all table for cleanup
exec sp_MSforeachtable 'DELETE ?'
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--Drop all Tables
exec sp_MSforeachtable 'DROP TABLE ?'
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--Enable Constraints & Triggers again
exec sp_MSforeachtable 'ALTER TABLE ? CHECK CONSTRAINT ALL'
exec sp_MSforeachtable 'ALTER TABLE ? ENABLE TRIGGER ALL'
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Following commands displays how to execute delete, truncate, drop, enable/disable constraints/trigger operations on a DataBase with printed message in Messages window of SQL Server Management Studio:


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--Disable Constraints & Triggers
exec sp_MSforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL PRINT'? constraint altered'"
exec sp_MSforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? DISABLE TRIGGER ALL PRINT'? trigger altered'"
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--Perform delete operation on all table for cleanup
exec sp_MSforeachtable "DELETE ? PRINT'? deleted'"
--Delete all data in the database
EXEC sp_MSForEachTable "DELETE FROM ? PRINT'? deleted'"
EXEC sp_MSForEachTable "TRUNCATE TABLE ? PRINT'? truncated'"
EXEC sp_MSForEachTable
"BEGIN TRY
TRUNCATE TABLE ? PRINT'? truncated'
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
DELETE FROM ? PRINT'? deleted'
END CATCH;"
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--Drop all Tables
exec sp_MSforeachtable "DROP TABLE ? PRINT '? dropped'"
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--Enable Constraints & Triggers again
exec sp_MSforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? CHECK CONSTRAINT ALL PRINT'? constraint altered'"
exec sp_MSforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? ENABLE TRIGGER ALL PRINT'? trigger altered'"
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Following commands displays how to execute delete, truncate, drop, enable/disable constraints/trigger operations on a DataBase with printed message in Messages window of SQL Server Management Studio and for a particular schema:


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--Disable Constraints & Triggers
exec sp_MSforeachtable
@command1 = "ALTER TABLE ? NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL PRINT'? constraint altered'",
@whereand = "and uid = (SELECT schema_id FROM sys.schemas WHERE name = 'dbo')"
exec sp_MSforeachtable
@command1 = "ALTER TABLE ? DISABLE TRIGGER ALL PRINT'? trigger altered'",
@whereand = "and uid = (SELECT schema_id FROM sys.schemas WHERE name = 'dbo')"
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--Drop table of particular shcemaID/shemaName
Exec sp_MSforeachtable
@command1 = "DROP TABLE ? PRINT '? dropped'",
@whereand = "and uid = (SELECT schema_id FROM sys.schemas WHERE name = 'dbo')"
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--Enable Constraints & Triggers again
exec sp_MSforeachtable
@command1 = "ALTER TABLE ? CHECK CONSTRAINT ALL PRINT'? constraint altered'",
@whereand = "and uid = (SELECT schema_id FROM sys.schemas WHERE name = 'dbo')"
exec sp_MSforeachtable
@command1 = "ALTER TABLE ? ENABLE TRIGGER ALL PRINT'? trigger altered'",
@whereand = "and uid = (SELECT schema_id FROM sys.schemas WHERE name = 'dbo')"
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Following displays how to execute Drop operation on a DataBase for a particular schema and with Like condition:


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--Drop table of particular shcemaID/shemaName and with name starting with 'Temp_'
Exec sp_MSforeachtable
@command1 = "DROP TABLE ? PRINT '? dropped'",
@whereand = "and uid = (SELECT schema_id FROM sys.schemas WHERE name = 'dbo')
and o.name LIKE 'Temp_%'"
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4 comments:

Anish said...

Hi

Gr8 article.

And is there a foreachview similar to foreachtable ??


Thanks
Anish

Unknown said...

Elaborated on last example - added age criteria (table more than 30 days old):

Exec sp_MSforeachtable @command1 = "DROP TABLE ? PRINT '? dropped'",@whereand = "and uid = (SELECT schema_id FROM sys.schemas WHERE name = 'dbo') and o.name LIKE 'Temp_%' and (SELECT create_date FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = o.id) < DATEADD(dd, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, GETDATE()-30), 0)"

Anonymous said...

Great Article. I never knew about this command!

Anonymous said...

Thanx, nice of you to share. Have searched for query criterias on schema name, and luckily finaly found it again. :)

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