Auto-Create Select from TVF TSQL Templates

Applicability:

SQL Server 2000: N/A

SQL Server 2005: Tested

SQL Server 2008: Tested

SQL Server 2008R2: Tested

SQL Server 2012: Tested

SQL Server 2014: Tested

SQL Server 2016: Tested

SQL Server 2017: Tested

Credits:

Author: Unknown

Date: 10 Jun 2020

Description

For all Tables in a database, generate TSQL templates to SELECT from each table valued function

Code

SELECT '/* '+qualifiedName+' */'

+CHAR(13)+CHAR(10)+REPLACE(

REPLACE(

STUFF(TVFScript, /*delete final comma line-terminator*/

LEN(TVFScript)-CHARINDEX('|,|',

REVERSE(TVFScript)+'|')-1,3

,'')

+'\n ('+COALESCE(STUFF(TVFScriptParams, /*delete final comma line-terminator*/

LEN(TVFScriptParams)-CHARINDEX('|,|',

REVERSE(TVFScriptParams)+'|')-1,3

,''),'')+'\n )'

,'\n',CHAR(13)+CHAR(10))

,'|,|',',') /*put in new-lines and convert token to comma*/

,'<','<')

,'>','>') AS Template

FROM

(SELECT

so.name AS Name,

OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(so.object_ID)+'.'+so.name AS qualifiedName,

'SELECT '

+REPLACE(

COALESCE(

(

SELECT '\n '+QUOTENAME(sp.name)+'|,|'+COALESCE(' /*'

+CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX),value)+'*/','')

FROM sys.columns sp

LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.extended_properties ep

ON sp.object_id = ep.major_ID

AND sp.column_ID = minor_ID AND class=1

WHERE sp.object_ID=so.object_ID

AND column_ID>0

ORDER BY column_ID

FOR XML PATH('')

),'|,|')

,',||', '')

+'\nFROM '+QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(so.object_ID))

+'.'+QUOTENAME(so.name)

+COALESCE(' /*' +CONVERT(VARCHAR(300), value)+'*/', '')

AS [TVFScript],

REPLACE(COALESCE(

(

SELECT REPLACE ('\n |delim;<'

+REPLACE(

COALESCE(

CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX),value)

,REPLACE(sp.name,'@','')

)

,',','')

+','+t.name+','+'>|delim;'+'|,|'

+COALESCE(' /*'+CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX),value)+'*/',''),'|delim;',

CASE WHEN t.name IN ('char', 'varchar','nchar'

,'nvarchar','text','ntext'

,'datetime','date') THEN ''''

WHEN t.precision=0 THEN '''' ELSE '' END)

FROM sys.parameters sp

INNER JOIN sys.types t ON sp.user_Type_ID=t.user_Type_ID

LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.extended_properties ep

ON ep.name LIKE 'MS_Description'

AND sp.object_id = ep.major_ID

AND sp.parameter_ID = minor_ID AND class=2

WHERE sp.object_ID=so.object_ID

AND parameter_ID>0

ORDER BY parameter_ID

FOR XML PATH('')

),'1')

,',||', '') [TVFScriptParams]

FROM

sys.objects so

LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.extended_properties ep

/* get any extended properties */

ON ep.name LIKE 'MS_Description'

AND major_ID=so.object_ID

AND minor_ID=0

WHERE

OBJECTPROPERTY(object_id, 'IsTableFunction')<>0)f