Posted by JackpipE on 02/23/07 00:01

> There is no way to loop through the columns in a table in a simple
> fashion. This is because that it would rarely make any sense; columns
> in a table are supposed to described distinct attribuets.
>
> For a thing like this I would do:
>
> SELECT 'UPDATE PROFILE SET ' + name + ' replace(substring( ' +
> name + ', 1, 255), char(13) + char(10), '':'')'
> FROM syscolumns
> WHERE id = object_id('PROFILE')
> and type_name(xtype) like '%char'
>
> and the copy, paste and run result.


Well that simplify my job but still does not automate the process to a
point where one query execution will take care of entire table.

Thanks.

[Back to original message]