Get data types from arbitrary sql statement in SQL Server 2008
Given some arbitrary SQL I would like to get the data types of the returned columns. The statement might join many 开发者_如何学JAVAtables, views, TVFs, etc. I know I could create a view based on the query and get the datatypes from that, hoping there's a quicker way. Only think I've been able to think of is writing a .net utility to run the SQL and examine the results, wondering if there is a TSQL answer.
i.e.
Given (not real tables just an example)
SELECT p.Name AS PersonName, p.Age, a.Account as AccountName
FROM Person as p
LEFT JOIN Account as a
ON p.Id = a.OwnerId
I would like to have something like
PersonName: (nvarchar(255), not null)
Age: (smallInt, not null)
etc...
/*you may have to alias some columns if they are not unique*/
/*EDIT: added fix for 2byte nchar/nvarchar */
SELECT top (1) /*<your query columns here>*/
INTO #tmp99
/*<rest of your query here>*/
SELECT 'CREATE TABLE [tablename](' UNION ALL
SELECT CASE WHEN ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) = 1 THEN '' ELSE ',' END
+ CHAR(13) + '[' + c.name + '] [' + t.name + ']'
+ CASE WHEN c.system_type_id IN (165,167,173,175)
THEN CASE WHEN c.max_length <> -1
THEN '(' + CAST(c.max_length AS varchar(7)) + ')'
ELSE '(max)'
END
WHEN c.system_type_id IN (231,239)
THEN CASE WHEN c.max_length <> -1
THEN '(' + CAST(c.max_length/2 AS varchar(7)) + ')'
ELSE '(max)' END
ELSE
CASE WHEN c.system_type_id IN (41,42,43)
THEN '(' + CAST(c.scale AS varchar(7)) + ')'
ELSE
CASE WHEN c.system_type_id IN (106,108)
THEN '(' + CAST(c.precisiON AS varchar(7)) + ',' + CAST(c.scale AS varchar(7)) + ')'
ELSE ''
END
END
END
+ CASE WHEN c.is_nullable = 1 THEN ' NULL' ELSE ' NOT NULL' END
FROM tempdb.sys.columns c
JOIN tempdb..sysobjects o ON (c.object_id = o.id)
JOIN tempdb.sys.types t ON (t.user_type_id = c.user_type_id)
WHERE o.name LIKE '#tmp99%'
UNION ALL SELECT ')'
FOR XML PATH('')
DROP TABLE #tmp99
i tried to achieve this aim, but it turned too hard. Let me tell how i approached it. I took SQL parser: http://www.sqlparser.com/download.php and C#. Then tried to analyze text. For simple queries it is ok, but soon it gets too compilated. The idea about view looks much simpler.
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