So, I've been searching around and I've found things similar to my problem, but I need more help to get a real solution.
I'm trying to construct a query that will return 2 columns of data, the first column should be a list of the column names themselves and the second should be the value of that column.
Visually it would look like this
Column1 Column2
------- -------
columnA value_of_columnA
columnB value_of_columnB
... ...
I'm pretty sure that this is going to require dynamic SQL to achieve, but I have no idea how to even begin creating the query.
Any help is appreciated!
select column_name,* from information_schema.columns
where table_name = 'TheTableName'
order by ordinal_position
This should work for any table, but in my example I just create a test one. You need to set the table name within @YourTableName. Also, you need to set @YourTableWhere to limit the results to one row, otherwise the output looks strange with multiple rows mixed together.
try this:
BEGIN TRY
CREATE TABLE YourTestTable
(RowID int primary key not null identity(1,1)
,col1 int null
,col2 varchar(30)
,col3 varchar(20)
,col4 money
,StatusValue char(1)
,xyz_123 int
)
INSERT INTO YourTestTable (col1,col2,col3,col4,StatusValue,xyz_123) VALUES (1234,'wow wee!','this is a long test!',1234.56,'A',98765)
INSERT INTO YourTestTable (col1,col2,col3,col4,StatusValue,xyz_123) VALUES (543,'oh no!','short test',0,'I',12)
END TRY BEGIN CATCH END CATCH
select * from YourTestTable
DECLARE @YourTableName varchar(1000)
DECLARE @YourTableWhere varchar(1000)
DECLARE @YourQuery varchar(max)
SET @YourTableName='YourTestTable'
set @YourTableWhere='y.RowID=1'
SELECT
@YourQuery = STUFF(
(SELECT
' UNION '
+ 'SELECT '''+COLUMN_NAME+''', CONVERT(varchar(max),'+COLUMN_NAME+') FROM '+@YourTableName+' y'+ISNULL(' WHERE '+@YourTableWhere,'')
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE table_name = @YourTableName
FOR XML PATH('')
), 1, 7, ''
)
PRINT @YourQuery
EXEC (@YourQuery)
OUTPUT:
RowID col1 col2 col3 col4 StatusValue xyz_123
----------- ----------- ------------------------------ -------------------- --------------------- ----------- -----------
1 1234 wow wee! this is a long test! 1234.56 A 98765
2 543 oh no! short test 0.00 I 12
SELECT 'RowID', CONVERT(varchar(max),RowID) FROM YourTestTable y WHERE y.RowID=1 UNION SELECT 'col1', CONVERT(varchar(max),col1) FROM YourTestTable y WHERE y.RowID=1 UNION SELECT 'col2', CONVERT(varchar(max),col2) FROM YourTestTable y WHERE y.RowID=1 UNION SELECT 'col3', CONVERT(varchar(max),col3) FROM YourTestTable y WHERE y.RowID=1 UNION SELECT 'col4', CONVERT(varchar(max),col4) FROM YourTestTable y WHERE y.RowID=1 UNION SELECT 'StatusValue', CONVERT(varchar(max),StatusValue) FROM YourTestTable y WHERE y.RowID=1 UNION SELECT 'xyz_123', CONVERT(varchar(max),xyz_123) FROM YourTestTable y WHERE y.RowID=1
----------- ------------------------
col1 1234
col2 wow wee!
col3 this is a long test!
col4 1234.56
RowID 1
StatusValue A
xyz_123 98765
EDIT
For SQL Server 2000 compatibility, you should be able to replace varchar(max) with varchar(8000) and use this in place of the SELECT @YourQuery
query from the code above:
SELECT
@YourQuery=ISNULL(@YourQuery+' UNION ','')
+ 'SELECT '''+COLUMN_NAME+''', CONVERT(varchar(max),'+COLUMN_NAME+') FROM '+@YourTableName+' y'+ISNULL(' WHERE '+@YourTableWhere,'')
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE table_name = @YourTableName
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