Generate INSERT Statements...

Hey guys...

I just made a little proc to generate inserts for a given table. Sadly, it contains two cursors... :(

Can any of you guys come up with a way without cursors?

Here's the proc:


create proc generate_inserts @table varchar(20)
--Generate inserts for table @table
AS
declare @cols varchar(1000)
declare @col varchar(50)

set @cols=''

declare colcur
cursor for
select column_name
from information_schema.columns
where table_name=@table

open colcur

fetch next from colcur into @col

while @@fetch_status=0
begin
select @cols = @cols + ', ' + @col

fetch next from colcur into @col
end

close colcur
deallocate colcur

select @cols = substring(@cols, 3, datalength(@cols))

--select @cols

declare @sql varchar(4000)
declare @colname varchar(100),
@coltype varchar(30)

select @sql = 'select replace(''insert ' + @table + ' (' + @cols + ') '

select @sql = @sql + 'values ('''

declare ccur
cursor for
select column_name, data_type
from information_schema.columns
where table_name=@table

open ccur

fetch from ccur into @colname, @coltype

while @@fetch_status=0
begin
if @coltype in ('varchar', 'char', 'datetime')
select @sql=@sql + ''''''


select @sql=@sql + ' + coalesce(convert(varchar, ' + @colname + '), ''null'') + '

if @coltype in ('varchar', 'char', 'datetime')
select @sql=@sql + ''''''
select @sql = @sql + ''', '''

fetch from ccur into @colname, @coltype
end

close ccur
deallocate ccur

select @sql=substring(@sql, 1, datalength(@sql)-3)

select @sql=@sql + ')'', ''''''null'''''', ''null'') from ' + @table

exec (@sql)