Generate Insert Statements Easily
This script will generate insert statements for the given tables. You can pass the tables names, separated by commas, into sp_DataAsInsCommand stored procedure as in the example below:
EXEC sp_DataAsInsCommand 'employee,titleauthor,pub_info'
Updated on 5/25/01 to correct an issue with columns that are short like a column defined as char(1), to correct another issue with the Identity column (before you had to supply a list of columns in the insert statement), and to add the following two changes: 1) to print the name of the table in a comment before the insert commands, and 2) to expand the size of the parameter so a larger list of tables could be submitted to the stored procedure.
CREATE PROC sp_DataAsInsCommand (
@TableList varchar (8000))
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @position int, @exec_str varchar (2000), @TableName varchar (50)
DECLARE @name varchar(128), @xtype int, @status tinyint, @IsIdentity tinyint
SELECT @TableList = @TableList + ','
SELECT @IsIdentity = 0
SELECT @position = PATINDEX('%,%', @TableList)
WHILE (@position <> 0)
BEGIN
SELECT @TableName = SUBSTRING(@TableList, 1, @position - 1)
SELECT @TableList = STUFF(@TableList, 1, PATINDEX('%,%', @TableList),'')
SELECT @position = PATINDEX('%,%', @TableList)
SELECT @exec_str = 'DECLARE fetch_cursor CURSOR FOR ' + 'SELECT a.name, a.xtype, a.status FROM syscolumns a, sysobjects b WHERE a.id = b.id and b.name = ''' + @TableName + ''''
EXEC (@exec_str)
OPEN fetch_cursor
FETCH fetch_cursor INTO @name, @xtype, @status
IF (@status & 0x80) <> 0
BEGIN
SELECT @IsIdentity = 1
SELECT 'SET IDENTITY_INSERT ' + @TableName + ' ON'
SELECT 'GO'
END
SELECT @exec_str = "SELECT 'INSERT INTO " + @TableName + " VALUES (' + "
Select ' -- The table name is: ' + @TableName
--text or ntext
IF (@xtype = 35) OR (@xtype = 99)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + '''"None yet"'''
ELSE
--image
IF (@xtype = 34)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + '"' + '0xFFFFFFFF' + '"'
ELSE
--smalldatetime or datetime
IF (@xtype = 58) OR (@xtype = 61)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + 'Coalesce(' + ' + ''"'' + ' + ' + CONVERT(varchar,' + @name + ',101)' + ' + ''"''' + ',"null")'
ELSE
--varchar or char or nvarchar or nchar
IF (@xtype = 167) OR (@xtype = 175) OR (@xtype = 231) OR (@xtype = 239)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + 'Coalesce(' + '''"'' + ' + @name + ' + ''"''' + ',"null")'
ELSE
--uniqueidentifier
IF (@xtype = 36)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + ' + Coalesce(''"'' + ' + ' + CONVERT(varchar(255),' + @name + ')' + ' + ''"''' + ',"null")'
ELSE
--binary or varbinary
IF (@xtype = 173) OR (@xtype = 165)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + '"' + '0x0' + '"'
ELSE
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + 'Coalesce(CONVERT(varchar,' + @name + '), "null")'
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS <> -1
BEGIN
FETCH fetch_cursor INTO @name, @xtype, @status
IF (@@FETCH_STATUS = -1) BREAK
IF (@status & 0x80) <> 0
BEGIN
SELECT @IsIdentity = 1
SELECT 'SET IDENTITY_INSERT ' + @TableName + ' ON'
SELECT 'GO'
END
--text or ntext
IF (@xtype = 35) OR (@xtype = 99)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + ' + ","' + ' + ''"None yet"'''
ELSE
--image
IF (@xtype = 34)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + ' + "," + ' + '"' + '0xFFFFFFFF' + '"'
ELSE
--smalldatetime or datetime
IF (@xtype = 58) OR (@xtype = 61)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + ' + ","' + ' + Coalesce(''"'' + ' + ' + CONVERT(varchar,' + @name + ',101)' + ' + ''"''' + ',"null")'
ELSE
--varchar or char or nvarchar or nchar
IF (@xtype = 167) OR (@xtype = 175) OR (@xtype = 231) OR (@xtype = 239)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + ' + ","' + ' + Coalesce(''"'' + ' + @name + ' + ''"''' + ',"null")'
ELSE
--uniqueidentifier
IF (@xtype = 36)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + ' + ","' + ' + Coalesce(''"'' + ' + ' + CONVERT(varchar(255),' + @name + ')' + ' + ''"''' + ',"null")'
ELSE
--binary or varbinary
IF (@xtype = 173) OR (@xtype = 165)
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + ' + "," + ' + '"' + '0x0' + '"'
ELSE
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + ' + ","' + ' + Coalesce(CONVERT(varchar,' + @name + '), "null")'
END
CLOSE fetch_cursor
DEALLOCATE fetch_cursor
SELECT @exec_str = @exec_str + '+ ")" FROM ' + @TableName
EXEC(@exec_str)
-- print (@exec_str)
SELECT 'GO'
IF @IsIdentity = 1
BEGIN
SELECT @IsIdentity = 0
SELECT 'SET IDENTITY_INSERT ' + @TableName + ' OFF'
SELECT 'GO'
END
END 
