This system stored procedure takes a table name as a parameter and generates a SQL MERGE statement containing all the table data.
SET NOCOUNT ON
GO
PRINT 'Using Master database'
USE master
GO
PRINT 'Checking for the existence of this procedure'
IF (SELECT OBJECT_ID('sp_generate_merge','P')) IS NOT NULL --means, the procedure already exists
BEGIN
PRINT 'Procedure already exists. So, dropping it'
DROP PROC sp_generate_merge
END
GO
--Turn system object marking on
CREATE PROC [sp_generate_merge]
(
@table_name nvarchar(776), -- The table/view for which the MERGE statement will be generated using the existing data. This parameter accepts unquoted single-part identifiers only (e.g. MyTable)
@target_table nvarchar(776) = NULL, -- Use this parameter to specify a different table name into which the data will be inserted/updated/deleted. This parameter accepts unquoted single-part identifiers (e.g. MyTable) or quoted multi-part identifiers (e.g. [OtherDb].[dbo].[MyTable])
@from nvarchar(max) = NULL, -- Use this parameter to filter the rows based on a filter condition (using WHERE). Note: To avoid inconsistent ordering of results, including an ORDER BY clause is highly recommended
@include_values bit = 1, -- When 1, a VALUES clause containing data from @table_name is generated. When 0, data will be sourced directly from @table_name when the MERGE is executed (see example 15 for use case)
@include_timestamp bit = 0, -- [DEPRECATED] Sql Server does not allow modification of TIMESTAMP datatype
@debug_mode bit = 0, -- If @debug_mode is set to 1, the SQL statements constructed by this procedure will be printed for later examination
@schema nvarchar(64) = NULL, -- Use this parameter if you are not the owner of the table
@ommit_images bit = 0, -- Use this parameter to generate MERGE statement by omitting the 'image' columns
@ommit_identity bit = 0, -- Use this parameter to omit the identity columns
@top int = NULL, -- Use this parameter to generate a MERGE statement only for the TOP n rows
@cols_to_include nvarchar(max) = NULL, -- List of columns to be included in the MERGE statement
@cols_to_exclude nvarchar(max) = NULL, -- List of columns to be excluded from the MERGE statement
@cols_to_join_on nvarchar(max) = NULL, -- List of columns needed to JOIN the source table to the target table (useful when @table_name is missing a primary key)
@update_only_if_changed bit = 1, -- When 1, only performs an UPDATE operation if an included column in a matched row has changed.
@hash_compare_column nvarchar(128) = NULL, -- When specified, change detection will be based on a SHA2_256 hash of the source data (the hash value will be stored in this @target_table column for later comparison; see Example 16)
@delete_if_not_matched bit = 1, -- When 1, deletes unmatched source rows from target, when 0 source rows will only be used to update existing rows or insert new.
@disable_constraints bit = 0, -- When 1, disables foreign key constraints and enables them after the MERGE statement
@ommit_computed_cols bit = 1, -- When 1, computed columns will not be included in the MERGE statement
@ommit_generated_always_cols bit = 1, -- When 1, GENERATED ALWAYS columns will not be included in the MERGE statement
@include_use_db bit = 1, -- When 1, includes a USE [DatabaseName] statement at the beginning of the generated batch
@results_to_text bit = 0, -- When 1, outputs results to grid/messages window. When 0, outputs MERGE statement in an XML fragment. When NULL, only the @output OUTPUT parameter is returned.
@include_rowsaffected bit = 1, -- When 1, a section is added to the end of the batch which outputs rows affected by the MERGE
@nologo bit = 0, -- When 1, the "About" comment is suppressed from output
@batch_separator nvarchar(50) = 'GO', -- Batch separator to use. Specify NULL to output all statements within a single batch
@output nvarchar(max) = null output -- Use this output parameter to return the generated T-SQL batches to the caller (Hint: specify @batch_separator=NULL to output all statements within a single batch)
)
AS
BEGIN
/***********************************************************************************************************
Procedure: sp_generate_merge
(Adapted by Daniel Nolan for SQL Server 2008+)
Adapted from: sp_generate_inserts (Build 22)
(Copyright © 2002 Narayana Vyas Kondreddi. All rights reserved.)
Purpose: To generate a MERGE statement from existing data, which will INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE data based
on matching primary key values in the source/target table.
The generated statements can be executed to replicate the data in some other location.
Typical use cases:
* Generate statements for static data tables, store the .SQL file in source control and use
it as part of your Dev/Test/Prod deployment. The generated statements are re-runnable, so
you can make changes to the file and migrate those changes between environments.
* Generate statements from your Production tables and then run those statements in your
Dev/Test environments. Schedule this as part of a SQL Job to keep all of your environments
in-sync.
* Enter test data into your Dev environment, and then generate statements from the Dev
tables so that you can always reproduce your test database with valid sample data.
Written by: Narayana Vyas Kondreddi
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/code
vyaskn@hotmail.com
Daniel Nolan
https://twitter.com/dnlnln
dan@danere.com
Acknowledgements (sp_generate_merge):
Christian Lorber -- Contributed hashvalue-based change detection that enables efficient ETL implementations
https://twitter.com/chlorber
Nathan Skerl -- StackOverflow answer that provided a workaround for the output truncation problem
http://stackoverflow.com/a/10489767/266882
Bill Gibson -- Blog that detailed the static data table use case; the inspiration for this proc
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2012/02/02/including-data-in-an-sql-server-database-project.aspx
Bill Graziano -- Blog that provided the groundwork for MERGE statement generation
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/billg/archive/2011/02/15/generate-merge-statements-from-a-table.aspx
Acknowledgements (sp_generate_inserts):
Divya Kalra -- For beta testing
Mark Charsley -- For reporting a problem with scripting uniqueidentifier columns with NULL values
Artur Zeygman -- For helping me simplify a bit of code for handling non-dbo owned tables
Joris Laperre -- For reporting a regression bug in handling text/ntext columns
NOTE: Results can be unpredictable with huge text columns or SQL Server 2000's sql_variant data types
Get Started: Ensure that your SQL client is configured to send results to grid (default SSMS behaviour).
This ensures that the generated MERGE statement can be output in full, getting around SSMS's 4000 nchar limit.
After running this proc, click the hyperlink within the single row returned to copy the generated MERGE statement.
Example 1: To generate a MERGE statement for table 'titles':
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'titles'
Example 2: To generate a MERGE statement for 'titlesCopy' table from 'titles' table:
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'titles', 'titlesCopy'
Example 3: To generate a MERGE statement for table 'titles' that will unconditionally UPDATE matching rows
(ie. not perform a "has data changed?" check prior to going ahead with an UPDATE):
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'titles', @update_only_if_changed = 0
Example 4: To generate a MERGE statement for 'titles' table for only those titles
which contain the word 'Computer' in them:
NOTE: Do not complicate the FROM or WHERE clause here. It's assumed that you are good with T-SQL if you are using this parameter
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'titles', @from = "from titles where title like '%Computer%' order by title_id"
Example 5: To print the debug information:
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'titles', @debug_mode = 1
Example 6: If the table is in a different schema to the default, use @schema parameter to specify the schema name
To use this option, you must have SELECT permissions on that table
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'Nickstable', @schema = 'Nick'
Example 7: To generate a MERGE statement for the rest of the columns excluding images
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'imgtable', @ommit_images = 1
Example 8: To generate a MERGE statement excluding (omitting) IDENTITY columns:
(By default IDENTITY columns are included in the MERGE statement)
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'mytable', @ommit_identity = 1
Example 9: To generate a MERGE statement for the TOP 10 rows in the table:
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'mytable', @top = 10
Example 10: To generate a MERGE statement with only those columns you want:
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'titles', @cols_to_include = "'title','title_id','au_id'"
Example 11: To generate a MERGE statement by omitting certain columns:
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'titles', @cols_to_exclude = "'title','title_id','au_id'"
Example 12: To avoid checking the foreign key constraints while loading data with a MERGE statement:
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'titles', @disable_constraints = 1
Example 13: To exclude computed columns from the MERGE statement:
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'MyTable', @ommit_computed_cols = 1
Example 14: To generate a MERGE statement for a table that lacks a primary key:
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'StateProvince', @schema = 'Person', @cols_to_join_on = "'StateProvinceCode'"
Example 15: To generate a statement that MERGEs data directly from the source table to a table in another database:
EXEC sp_generate_merge 'StateProvince', @schema = 'Person', @include_values = 0, @target_table = '[OtherDb].[Person].[StateProvince]'
Example 16: To generate a MERGE statement that will update the target table if the calculated hash value of the source does not match the [Hashvalue] column in the target:
EXEC [DB].dbo.[sp_generate_merge]
@schema = 'Person',
@target_table = '[DB].[Person].[StateProvince]',
@table_name = 'v_StateProvince',
@include_values = 0,
@hash_compare_column = 'Hashvalue',
@include_rowsaffected = 0,
@nologo = 1,
@cols_to_join_on = "'ID'"
Example 17: To generate and immediately execute a MERGE statement that performs an ETL from a table in one database to another:
DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX)
EXEC [AdventureWorks2017].dbo.sp_generate_merge @output = @sql output, @results_to_text = null, @schema = 'Person', @table_name = 'AddressType', @include_values = 0, @include_use_db = 0, @batch_separator = null, @target_table = '[AdventureWorks2017_Target].[Person].[AddressType]'
EXEC [AdventureWorks2017].dbo.sp_executesql @sql
Example 18: To generate a MERGE that works with a subset of data from the source table only (e.g. will only INSERT/UPDATE rows that meet certain criteria, and not delete unmatched rows):
SELECT * INTO #CurrencyRateFiltered FROM AdventureWorks2017.Sales.CurrencyRate WHERE ToCurrencyCode = 'AUD';
ALTER TABLE #CurrencyRateFiltered ADD CONSTRAINT PK_Sales_CurrencyRate PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( CurrencyRateID )
EXEC tempdb.dbo.sp_generate_merge @table_name='#CurrencyRateFiltered', @target_table='[AdventureWorks2017].[Sales].[CurrencyRate]', @delete_if_not_matched = 0, @include_use_db = 0;
***********************************************************************************************************/
SET NOCOUNT ON
--Making sure user only uses either @cols_to_include or @cols_to_exclude
IF ((@cols_to_include IS NOT NULL) AND (@cols_to_exclude IS NOT NULL))
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Use either @cols_to_include or @cols_to_exclude. Do not use both the parameters at once',16,1)
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Both @cols_to_include and @cols_to_exclude parameters are specified
END
--Making sure the @cols_to_include, @cols_to_exclude and @cols_to_join_on parameters are receiving values in proper format
IF ((@cols_to_include IS NOT NULL) AND (PATINDEX('''%''',@cols_to_include) = 0))
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Invalid use of @cols_to_include property',16,1)
PRINT 'Specify column names surrounded by single quotes and separated by commas'
PRINT 'Eg: EXEC sp_generate_merge "titles", @cols_to_include = "''title_id'',''title''"'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Invalid use of @cols_to_include property
END
IF ((@cols_to_exclude IS NOT NULL) AND (PATINDEX('''%''',@cols_to_exclude) = 0))
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Invalid use of @cols_to_exclude property',16,1)
PRINT 'Specify column names surrounded by single quotes and separated by commas'
PRINT 'Eg: EXEC sp_generate_merge "titles", @cols_to_exclude = "''title_id'',''title''"'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Invalid use of @cols_to_exclude property
END
IF ((@cols_to_join_on IS NOT NULL) AND (PATINDEX('''%''',@cols_to_join_on) = 0))
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Invalid use of @cols_to_join_on property',16,1)
PRINT 'Specify column names surrounded by single quotes and separated by commas'
PRINT 'Eg: EXEC sp_generate_merge "StateProvince", @schema = "Person", @cols_to_join_on = "''StateProvinceCode''"'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Invalid use of @cols_to_join_on property
END
IF @hash_compare_column IS NOT NULL AND @update_only_if_changed = 0
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Invalid use of @update_only_if_changed property',16,1)
PRINT 'The @hash_compare_column param is set, however @update_only_if_changed is set to 0. To utilize hash-based change detection, please ensure @update_only_if_changed is set to 1.'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Invalid use of @update_only_if_changed property
END
IF @hash_compare_column IS NOT NULL AND @include_values = 1
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Invalid use of @include_values',16,1)
PRINT 'Using @hash_compare_column together with @include_values is currenty unsupported. Our intention is to support this in the future, however for now @hash_compare_column can only be specified when @include_values=0'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Invalid use of @include_values property
END
--Checking to see if the database name is specified along wih the table name
--Your database context should be local to the table for which you want to generate a MERGE statement
--specifying the database name is not allowed
IF (PARSENAME(@table_name,3)) IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Do not specify the database name. Be in the required database and just specify the table name.',16,1)
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Database name is specified along with the table name, which is not allowed
END
DECLARE @Internal_Table_Name NVARCHAR(128)
IF PARSENAME(@table_name,1) LIKE '#%'
BEGIN
IF DB_NAME() <> 'tempdb'
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Incorrect database context. The proc must be executed against [tempdb] when a temporary table is specified.',16,1)
PRINT 'To resolve, execute the proc in the context of [tempdb], e.g. EXEC tempdb.dbo.sp_generate_merge @table_name=''' + @table_name + ''''
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Temporary tables cannot be referenced in a user db
END
SET @Internal_Table_Name = (SELECT [name] FROM sys.objects WHERE [object_id] = OBJECT_ID(@table_name))
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @Internal_Table_Name = @table_name
END
--Checking for the existence of 'user table' or 'view'
--This procedure is not written to work on system tables
--To script the data in system tables, just create a view on the system tables and script the view instead
IF @schema IS NULL
BEGIN
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = @Internal_Table_Name AND (TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' OR TABLE_TYPE = 'VIEW') AND TABLE_SCHEMA = SCHEMA_NAME())
BEGIN
RAISERROR('User table or view not found.',16,1)
PRINT 'You may see this error if the specified table is not in your default schema (' + SCHEMA_NAME() + '). In that case use @schema parameter to specify the schema name.'
PRINT 'Make sure you have SELECT permission on that table or view.'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: There is no user table or view with this name
END
END
ELSE
BEGIN
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = @Internal_Table_Name AND (TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' OR TABLE_TYPE = 'VIEW') AND TABLE_SCHEMA = @schema)
BEGIN
RAISERROR('User table or view not found.',16,1)
PRINT 'Make sure you have SELECT permission on that table or view.'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: There is no user table or view with this name
END
END
--Variable declarations
DECLARE @Column_ID int,
@Column_List nvarchar(max),
@Column_List_For_Update nvarchar(max),
@Column_List_For_Check nvarchar(max),
@Column_Name nvarchar(128),
@Column_Name_Unquoted nvarchar(128),
@Data_Type nvarchar(128),
@Actual_Values nvarchar(max), --This is the string that will be finally executed to generate a MERGE statement
@IDN nvarchar(128), --Will contain the IDENTITY column's name in the table
@Target_Table_For_Output nvarchar(776),
@Source_Table_Qualified nvarchar(776),
@Source_Table_For_Output nvarchar(776),
@sql nvarchar(max), --SQL statement that will be executed to check existence of [Hashvalue] column in case @hash_compare_column is used
@checkhashcolumn nvarchar(128),
@SourceHashColumn bit = 0,
@b char(1) = char(13)
IF @hash_compare_column IS NOT NULL --Check existence of column [Hashvalue] in target table and raise error in case of missing
BEGIN
IF @target_table IS NULL
BEGIN
SET @target_table = @table_name
END
SET @SQL =
'SELECT @columnname = column_name
FROM ' + COALESCE(PARSENAME(@target_table,3),DB_NAME()) + '.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS (NOLOCK)
WHERE TABLE_NAME = ''' + PARSENAME(@target_table,1) + '''' +
' AND TABLE_SCHEMA = ' + '''' + COALESCE(@schema, SCHEMA_NAME()) + '''' + ' AND [COLUMN_NAME] = ''' + @hash_compare_column + ''''
EXECUTE sp_executesql @sql, N'@columnname nvarchar(128) OUTPUT', @columnname = @checkhashcolumn OUTPUT
IF @checkhashcolumn IS NULL
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Column %s not found ',16,1, @hash_compare_column)
PRINT 'The specified @hash_compare_column [' + @hash_compare_column + '] does not exist in ' + QUOTENAME(@target_table) + '. Please make sure that [' + @hash_compare_column + '] VARBINARY (8000) exits in the target table'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: There is no column that can be used as the basis of Hashcompare
END
END
--Variable Initialization
SET @IDN = ''
SET @Column_ID = 0
SET @Column_Name = ''
SET @Column_Name_Unquoted = ''
SET @Column_List = ''
SET @Column_List_For_Update = ''
SET @Column_List_For_Check = ''
SET @Actual_Values = ''
--Variable Defaults
IF @target_table IS NOT NULL AND (@target_table LIKE '%.%' OR @target_table LIKE '\[%\]' ESCAPE '\')
BEGIN
IF NOT @target_table LIKE '\[%\]' ESCAPE '\'
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Ambiguous value for @target_table specified. Use QUOTENAME() to ensure the identifer is fully qualified (e.g. [dbo].[Titles] or [OtherDb].[dbo].[Titles]).',16,1)
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: The value could be a multi-part object identifier or it could be a single-part object identifier that just happens to include a period character
END
-- If the user has specified the @schema param, but the qualified @target_table they've specified does not include the target schema, then fail validation to avoid any ambiguity
IF @schema IS NOT NULL AND @target_table NOT LIKE '%.%'
BEGIN
RAISERROR('The specified @target_table is missing a schema name (e.g. [dbo].[Titles]).',16,1)
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Omitting the schema in this scenario is likely a mistake
END
SET @Target_Table_For_Output = @target_table
END
ELSE
BEGIN
IF @schema IS NULL
BEGIN
SET @Target_Table_For_Output = QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@target_table, @table_name))
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @Target_Table_For_Output = QUOTENAME(@schema) + '.' + QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@target_table, @table_name))
END
END
SET @Source_Table_Qualified = QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@schema,SCHEMA_NAME())) + '.' + QUOTENAME(@Internal_Table_Name)
SET @Source_Table_For_Output = QUOTENAME(COALESCE(@schema,SCHEMA_NAME())) + '.' + QUOTENAME(@table_name)
--To get the first column's ID
SELECT @Column_ID = MIN(ORDINAL_POSITION)
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS (NOLOCK)
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @Internal_Table_Name
AND TABLE_SCHEMA = COALESCE(@schema, SCHEMA_NAME())
--Loop through all the columns of the table, to get the column names and their data types
WHILE @Column_ID IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SELECT @Column_Name = QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME),
@Column_Name_Unquoted = COLUMN_NAME,
@Data_Type = DATA_TYPE
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS (NOLOCK)
WHERE ORDINAL_POSITION = @Column_ID
AND TABLE_NAME = @Internal_Table_Name
AND TABLE_SCHEMA = COALESCE(@schema, SCHEMA_NAME())
IF @Data_Type IN ('timestamp','rowversion') --SQL Server doesn't allow Timestamp/Rowversion column updates
BEGIN
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
IF @cols_to_include IS NOT NULL --Selecting only user specified columns
BEGIN
IF CHARINDEX( '''' + SUBSTRING(@Column_Name,2,LEN(@Column_Name)-2) + '''',@cols_to_include) = 0
BEGIN
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
END
IF @cols_to_exclude IS NOT NULL --Selecting only user specified columns
BEGIN
IF CHARINDEX( '''' + SUBSTRING(@Column_Name,2,LEN(@Column_Name)-2) + '''',@cols_to_exclude) <> 0
BEGIN
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
END
--Making sure to output SET IDENTITY_INSERT ON/OFF in case the table has an IDENTITY column
IF (SELECT COLUMNPROPERTY( OBJECT_ID(@Source_Table_Qualified),SUBSTRING(@Column_Name,2,LEN(@Column_Name) - 2),'IsIdentity')) = 1
BEGIN
IF @ommit_identity = 0 --Determing whether to include or exclude the IDENTITY column
SET @IDN = @Column_Name
ELSE
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
--Making sure whether to output computed columns or not
IF @ommit_computed_cols = 1
BEGIN
IF (SELECT COLUMNPROPERTY( OBJECT_ID(@Source_Table_Qualified),SUBSTRING(@Column_Name,2,LEN(@Column_Name) - 2),'IsComputed')) = 1
BEGIN
PRINT 'Warning: The ' + @Column_Name + ' computed column will be excluded from the MERGE statement. Specify @ommit_computed_cols = 0 to include computed columns.'
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
END
--Skip this column if it is the GENERATED ALWAYS type, unless the user specifically wants those types of columns included
IF @ommit_generated_always_cols = 1
IF ISNULL((SELECT COLUMNPROPERTY( OBJECT_ID(@Source_Table_Qualified),SUBSTRING(@Column_Name,2,LEN(@Column_Name) - 2),'GeneratedAlwaysType')), 0) <> 0
BEGIN
PRINT 'Warning: The ' + @Column_Name + ' GENERATED ALWAYS column will be excluded from the MERGE statement. Specify @ommit_generated_always_cols = 0 to include GENERATED ALWAYS columns.'
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
--make sure if source table already contains @hash_compare_column to avoid being doubled in UPDATE clause
IF @hash_compare_column IS NOT NULL AND @Column_Name = QUOTENAME(@hash_compare_column)
BEGIN
SET @SourceHashColumn = 1
END
--Tables with columns of IMAGE data type are not supported for obvious reasons
IF(@Data_Type in ('image'))
BEGIN
IF (@ommit_images = 0)
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Tables with image columns are not supported.',16,1)
PRINT 'Use @ommit_images = 1 parameter to generate a MERGE for the rest of the columns.'
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: There is a column with image data type
END
ELSE
BEGIN
GOTO SKIP_LOOP
END
END
--Determining the data type of the column and depending on the data type, the VALUES part of
--the MERGE statement is generated. Care is taken to handle columns with NULL values. Also
--making sure, not to lose any data from flot, real, money, smallmomey, datetime columns
SET @Actual_Values = @Actual_Values +
CASE
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('char','nchar')
THEN
'COALESCE(''N'''''' + REPLACE(RTRIM(' + @Column_Name + '),'''''''','''''''''''')+'''''''',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('varchar','nvarchar')
THEN
'COALESCE(''N'''''' + REPLACE(' + @Column_Name + ','''''''','''''''''''')+'''''''',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('datetime','smalldatetime','datetime2','date', 'datetimeoffset', 'time')
THEN
'COALESCE('''''''' + RTRIM(CONVERT(char,' + @Column_Name + ',127))+'''''''',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('uniqueidentifier')
THEN
'COALESCE(''N'''''' + REPLACE(CONVERT(char(36),RTRIM(' + @Column_Name + ')),'''''''','''''''''''')+'''''''',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('text')
THEN
'COALESCE(''N'''''' + REPLACE(CONVERT(varchar(max),' + @Column_Name + '),'''''''','''''''''''')+'''''''',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('ntext')
THEN
'COALESCE('''''''' + REPLACE(CONVERT(nvarchar(max),' + @Column_Name + '),'''''''','''''''''''')+'''''''',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('xml')
THEN
'COALESCE('''''''' + REPLACE(CONVERT(nvarchar(max),' + @Column_Name + '),'''''''','''''''''''')+'''''''',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('binary','varbinary')
THEN
'COALESCE(RTRIM(CONVERT(varchar(max),' + @Column_Name + ', 1)),''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('float','real','money','smallmoney')
THEN
'COALESCE(LTRIM(RTRIM(' + 'CONVERT(char, ' + @Column_Name + ',2)' + ')),''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('hierarchyid')
THEN
'COALESCE(''hierarchyid::Parse(''+'''''''' + LTRIM(RTRIM(' + 'CONVERT(char, ' + @Column_Name + ')' + '))+''''''''+'')'',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('geography')
THEN
'COALESCE(''geography::STGeomFromText(''+'''''''' + LTRIM(RTRIM(' + 'CONVERT(nvarchar(max),' + @Column_Name + ')' + '))+''''''''+'', 4326)'',''NULL'')'
WHEN @Data_Type IN ('geometry')
THEN
'COALESCE(''geometry::Parse(''+'''''''' + LTRIM(RTRIM(' + 'CONVERT(nvarchar(max),' + @Column_Name + ')' + '))+''''''''+'')'',''NULL'')'
ELSE
'COALESCE(LTRIM(RTRIM(' + 'CONVERT(char, ' + @Column_Name + ')' + ')),''NULL'')'
END + '+' + ''',''' + ' + '
--Generating the column list for the MERGE statement
SET @Column_List = @Column_List +
CASE WHEN @hash_compare_column IS NOT NULL AND @Column_Name = QUOTENAME(@hash_compare_column)
THEN ''
ELSE @Column_Name + ',' END
--Don't update Primary Key or Identity columns
IF NOT EXISTS(
SELECT 1
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS pk ,
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE c
WHERE pk.TABLE_NAME = @Internal_Table_Name
AND pk.TABLE_SCHEMA = COALESCE(@schema, SCHEMA_NAME())
AND CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY'
AND c.TABLE_NAME = pk.TABLE_NAME
AND c.TABLE_SCHEMA = pk.TABLE_SCHEMA
AND c.CONSTRAINT_NAME = pk.CONSTRAINT_NAME
AND c.COLUMN_NAME = @Column_Name_Unquoted
UNION
SELECT 1
FROM sys.identity_columns
WHERE OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(OBJECT_ID) = COALESCE(@schema, SCHEMA_NAME())
AND OBJECT_NAME(object_id) = @Internal_Table_Name
AND name = @Column_Name_Unquoted
)
BEGIN
SET @Column_List_For_Update = @Column_List_For_Update + '[Target].' + @Column_Name + ' = [Source].' + @Column_Name + ', ' + @b + ' '
SET @Column_List_For_Check = @Column_List_For_Check +
CASE @Data_Type
WHEN 'text' THEN CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + 'NULLIF(CAST([Source].' + @Column_Name + ' AS VARCHAR(MAX)), CAST([Target].' + @Column_Name + ' AS VARCHAR(MAX))) IS NOT NULL OR NULLIF(CAST([Target].' + @Column_Name + ' AS VARCHAR(MAX)), CAST([Source].' + @Column_Name + ' AS VARCHAR(MAX))) IS NOT NULL OR '
WHEN 'ntext' THEN CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + 'NULLIF(CAST([Source].' + @Column_Name + ' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), CAST([Target].' + @Column_Name + ' AS NVARCHAR(MAX))) IS NOT NULL OR NULLIF(CAST([Target].' + @Column_Name + ' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), CAST([Source].' + @Column_Name + ' AS NVARCHAR(MAX))) IS NOT NULL OR '
WHEN 'xml' THEN CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + 'NULLIF(CAST([Source].' + @Column_Name + ' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), CAST([Target].' + @Column_Name + ' AS NVARCHAR(MAX))) IS NOT NULL OR NULLIF(CAST([Target].' + @Column_Name + ' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), CAST([Source].' + @Column_Name + ' AS NVARCHAR(MAX))) IS NOT NULL OR '
WHEN 'geography' THEN CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + '((NOT ([Source].' + @Column_Name + ' IS NULL AND [Target].' + @Column_Name + ' IS NULL)) AND ISNULL(ISNULL([Source].' + @Column_Name + ', geography::[Null]).STEquals([Target].' + @Column_Name + '), 0) = 0) OR '
WHEN 'geometry' THEN CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + '((NOT ([Source].' + @Column_Name + ' IS NULL AND [Target].' + @Column_Name + ' IS NULL)) AND ISNULL(ISNULL([Source].' + @Column_Name + ', geometry::[Null]).STEquals([Target].' + @Column_Name + '), 0) = 0) OR '
ELSE CHAR(10) + CHAR(9) + 'NULLIF([Source].' + @Column_Name + ', [Target].' + @Column_Name + ') IS NOT NULL OR NULLIF([Target].' + @Column_Name + ', [Source].' + @Column_Name + ') IS NOT NULL OR '
END
END
SKIP_LOOP: --The label used in GOTO
SELECT @Column_ID = MIN(ORDINAL_POSITION)
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS (NOLOCK)
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @Internal_Table_Name
AND TABLE_SCHEMA = COALESCE(@schema, SCHEMA_NAME())
AND ORDINAL_POSITION > @Column_ID
END --Loop ends here!
--To get rid of the extra characters that got concatenated during the last run through the loop
IF LEN(@Column_List_For_Update) <> 0
BEGIN
SET @Column_List_For_Update = ' ' + LEFT(@Column_List_For_Update,len(@Column_List_For_Update) - 3)
END
IF LEN(@Column_List_For_Check) <> 0
BEGIN
SET @Column_List_For_Check = LEFT(@Column_List_For_Check,len(@Column_List_For_Check) - 3)
END
SET @Actual_Values = LEFT(@Actual_Values,len(@Actual_Values) - 6)
SET @Column_List = LEFT(@Column_List,len(@Column_List) - 1)
IF LEN(LTRIM(@Column_List)) = 0
BEGIN
RAISERROR('No columns to select. There should at least be one column to generate the output',16,1)
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: Looks like all the columns are ommitted using the @cols_to_exclude parameter
END
--Get the join columns ----------------------------------------------------------
DECLARE @PK_column_list NVARCHAR(max)
DECLARE @PK_column_joins NVARCHAR(max)
SET @PK_column_list = ''
SET @PK_column_joins = ''
IF ISNULL(@cols_to_join_on, '') = '' -- Use primary key of the source table as the basis of MERGE joins, if no join list is specified
BEGIN
SELECT @PK_column_list = @PK_column_list + '[' + c.COLUMN_NAME + '], '
, @PK_column_joins = @PK_column_joins + '[Target].[' + c.COLUMN_NAME + '] = [Source].[' + c.COLUMN_NAME + '] AND '
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS pk ,
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE c
WHERE pk.TABLE_NAME = @Internal_Table_Name
AND pk.TABLE_SCHEMA = COALESCE(@schema, SCHEMA_NAME())
AND CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY'
AND c.TABLE_NAME = pk.TABLE_NAME
AND c.TABLE_SCHEMA = pk.TABLE_SCHEMA
AND c.CONSTRAINT_NAME = pk.CONSTRAINT_NAME
ORDER BY c.ORDINAL_POSITION
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SELECT @PK_column_list = @PK_column_list + '[' + c.COLUMN_NAME + '], '
, @PK_column_joins = @PK_column_joins + '([Target].[' + c.COLUMN_NAME + '] = [Source].[' + c.COLUMN_NAME + ']' + CASE WHEN c.IS_NULLABLE='YES' THEN ' OR ([Target].[' + c.COLUMN_NAME + '] IS NULL AND [Source].[' + c.COLUMN_NAME + '] IS NULL)' ELSE '' END + ') AND '
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS AS c
WHERE @cols_to_join_on LIKE '%''' + c.COLUMN_NAME + '''%'
AND c.TABLE_NAME = @Internal_Table_Name
AND c.TABLE_SCHEMA = COALESCE(@schema, SCHEMA_NAME())
END
IF ISNULL(@PK_column_list, '') = ''
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Table does not have a primary key from which to generate the join clause(s) and/or a valid @cols_to_join_on has not been specified. Either add a primary key/composite key to the table or specify the @cols_to_join_on parameter.',16,1)
RETURN -1 --Failure. Reason: looks like table doesn't have any primary keys
END
SET @PK_column_list = LEFT(@PK_column_list, LEN(@PK_column_list) -1)
SET @PK_column_joins = LEFT(@PK_column_joins, LEN(@PK_column_joins) -4)
--Forming the final string that will be executed, to output the a MERGE statement
SET @Actual_Values =
'SELECT ' +
CASE WHEN @top IS NULL OR @top < 0 THEN '' ELSE ' TOP ' + LTRIM(STR(@top)) + ' ' END +
'''' +
' '' + CASE WHEN ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) = 1 THEN '' '' ELSE '','' END + ''(''+ ' + @Actual_Values + '+'')''' + ' ' +
COALESCE(@from,' FROM ' + @Source_Table_Qualified + ' (NOLOCK) ORDER BY ' + @PK_column_list)
SET @output = CASE WHEN ISNULL(@results_to_text, 1) = 1 THEN '' ELSE '---' END
--Determining whether to ouput any debug information
IF @debug_mode =1
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + '/*****START OF DEBUG INFORMATION*****'
SET @output += @b + ''
SET @output += @b + 'The primary key column list:'
SET @output += @b + @PK_column_list
SET @output += @b + ''
SET @output += @b + 'The INSERT column list:'
SET @output += @b + @Column_List
SET @output += @b + ''
SET @output += @b + 'The UPDATE column list:'
SET @output += @b + @Column_List_For_Update
SET @output += @b + ''
SET @output += @b + 'The SELECT statement executed to generate the MERGE:'
SET @output += @b + @Actual_Values
SET @output += @b + ''
SET @output += @b + '*****END OF DEBUG INFORMATION*****/'
SET @output += @b + ''
END
IF (@include_use_db = 1)
BEGIN
SET @output += @b
SET @output += @b + 'USE [' + DB_NAME() + ']'
SET @output += @b + ISNULL(@batch_separator, '')
SET @output += @b
END
IF (@nologo = 0)
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + '--MERGE generated by ''sp_generate_merge'' stored procedure'
SET @output += @b + '--Originally by Vyas (http://vyaskn.tripod.com/code): sp_generate_inserts (build 22)'
SET @output += @b + '--Adapted for SQL Server 2008+ by Daniel Nolan (https://twitter.com/dnlnln)'
SET @output += @b + ''
END
IF (@include_rowsaffected = 1) -- If the caller has elected not to include the "rows affected" section, let MERGE output the row count as it is executed.
SET @output += @b + 'SET NOCOUNT ON'
SET @output += @b + ''
--Determining whether to print IDENTITY_INSERT or not
IF (LEN(@IDN) <> 0)
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + 'SET IDENTITY_INSERT ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' ON'
SET @output += @b + ''
END
--Temporarily disable constraints on the target table
DECLARE @output_enable_constraints NVARCHAR(MAX) = ''
DECLARE @ignore_disable_constraints BIT = IIF((OBJECT_ID(@Source_Table_Qualified, 'U') IS NULL), 1, 0)
IF @disable_constraints = 1 AND @ignore_disable_constraints = 1
BEGIN
PRINT 'Warning: @disable_constraints=1 will be ignored as the source table does not exist'
END
ELSE IF @disable_constraints = 1
BEGIN
DECLARE @Source_Table_Constraints TABLE ([name] SYSNAME PRIMARY KEY, [is_not_trusted] bit, [is_disabled] bit)
INSERT INTO @Source_Table_Constraints ([name], [is_not_trusted], [is_disabled])
SELECT [name], [is_not_trusted], [is_disabled] FROM sys.check_constraints WHERE parent_object_id = OBJECT_ID(@Source_Table_Qualified, 'U')
UNION
SELECT [name], [is_not_trusted], [is_disabled] FROM sys.foreign_keys WHERE parent_object_id = OBJECT_ID(@Source_Table_Qualified, 'U')
DECLARE @Constraint_Ct INT = (SELECT COUNT(1) FROM @Source_Table_Constraints)
IF @Constraint_Ct = 0
BEGIN
PRINT 'Warning: @disable_constraints=1 will be ignored as there are no foreign key or check constraints on the source table'
SET @ignore_disable_constraints = 1
END
ELSE IF ((SELECT COUNT(1) FROM @Source_Table_Constraints WHERE [is_disabled] = 1) = (SELECT COUNT(1) FROM @Source_Table_Constraints))
BEGIN
PRINT 'Warning: @disable_constraints=1 will be ignored as all foreign key and/or check constraints on the source table are currently disabled'
SET @ignore_disable_constraints = 1
END
ELSE
BEGIN
DECLARE @All_Constraints_Enabled BIT = IIF((SELECT COUNT(1) FROM @Source_Table_Constraints WHERE [is_disabled] = 0) = @Constraint_Ct, 1, 0)
DECLARE @All_Constraints_Trusted BIT = IIF((SELECT COUNT(1) FROM @Source_Table_Constraints WHERE [is_not_trusted] = 0) = @Constraint_Ct, 1, 0)
DECLARE @All_Constraints_NotTrusted BIT = IIF((SELECT COUNT(1) FROM @Source_Table_Constraints WHERE [is_not_trusted] = 1) = @Constraint_Ct, 1, 0)
IF @All_Constraints_Enabled = 1 AND @All_Constraints_Trusted = 1
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + 'ALTER TABLE ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL' -- Disable constraints temporarily
SET @output_enable_constraints += @b + 'ALTER TABLE ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' WITH CHECK CHECK CONSTRAINT ALL' -- Enable the previously disabled constraints and re-check all data
END
ELSE IF @All_Constraints_Enabled = 1 AND @All_Constraints_NotTrusted = 1
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + 'ALTER TABLE ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL' -- Disable constraints temporarily
SET @output_enable_constraints += @b + 'ALTER TABLE ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' CHECK CONSTRAINT ALL' -- Enable the previously disabled constraints, but don't re-check data
END
ELSE
BEGIN
-- Selectively enable/disable constraints, with/without WITH CHECK, on a case-by-case basis
WHILE ((SELECT COUNT(1) FROM @Source_Table_Constraints) != 0)
BEGIN
DECLARE @Constraint_Item_Name SYSNAME = (SELECT TOP 1 [name] FROM @Source_Table_Constraints)
DECLARE @Constraint_Item_IsDisabled BIT = (SELECT TOP 1 [is_disabled] FROM @Source_Table_Constraints)
DECLARE @Constraint_Item_IsNotTrusted BIT = (SELECT TOP 1 [is_not_trusted] FROM @Source_Table_Constraints)
IF (@Constraint_Item_IsDisabled = 1)
BEGIN
DELETE FROM @Source_Table_Constraints WHERE [name] = @Constraint_Item_Name -- Don't enable this previously-disabled constraint
CONTINUE;
END
SET @output += @b + 'ALTER TABLE ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ' + QUOTENAME(@Constraint_Item_Name)
IF (@Constraint_Item_IsNotTrusted = 1)
BEGIN
SET @output_enable_constraints += @b + 'ALTER TABLE ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' CHECK CONSTRAINT ' + QUOTENAME(@Constraint_Item_Name) -- Enable the previously disabled constraint, but don't re-check data
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @output_enable_constraints += @b + 'ALTER TABLE ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' WITH CHECK CHECK CONSTRAINT ' + QUOTENAME(@Constraint_Item_Name) -- Enable the previously disabled constraint and re-check all data
END
DELETE FROM @Source_Table_Constraints WHERE [name] = @Constraint_Item_Name
END
END
END
END
IF @include_rowsaffected = 1
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + 'DECLARE @mergeOutput TABLE ( [DMLAction] VARCHAR(6) );'
END
--Output the start of the MERGE statement, qualifying with the schema name only if the caller explicitly specified it
SET @output += @b + 'MERGE INTO ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' AS [Target]'
IF @include_values = 1
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + 'USING ('
--All the hard work pays off here!!! You'll get your MERGE statement, when the next line executes!
DECLARE @tab TABLE (ID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1), val NVARCHAR(max));
INSERT INTO @tab (val)
EXEC (@Actual_Values)
IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM @tab) <> 0 -- Ensure that rows were returned, otherwise the MERGE statement will get nullified.
BEGIN
SET @output += 'VALUES' + CAST((SELECT @b + val FROM @tab ORDER BY ID FOR XML PATH('')) AS XML).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)');
END
ELSE
BEGIN
-- Mimic an empty result set by returning zero rows from the target table
SET @output += 'SELECT ' + @Column_List + ' FROM ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' WHERE 1 = 0 -- Empty dataset (source table contained no rows at time of MERGE generation) '
END
--Output the columns to correspond with each of the values above--------------------
SET @output += @b + ') AS [Source] (' + @Column_List + ')'
END
ELSE
IF @hash_compare_column IS NULL
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + 'USING ' + @Source_Table_For_Output + ' AS [Source]';
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + 'USING (SELECT ' + @Column_List + ', HASHBYTES(''SHA2_256'', CONCAT(' + REPLACE(@Column_List,'],[','],''|'',[') +')) AS [' + @hash_compare_column + '] FROM ' + @Source_Table_For_Output + ') AS [Source]'
END
--Output the join columns ----------------------------------------------------------
SET @output += @b + 'ON (' + @PK_column_joins + ')'
--When matched, perform an UPDATE on any metadata columns only (ie. not on PK)------
IF LEN(@Column_List_For_Update) <> 0
BEGIN
--Adding column @hash_compare_column to @ColumnList and @Column_List_For_Update if @hash_compare_column is not null
IF @update_only_if_changed = 1 AND @hash_compare_column IS NOT NULL AND @SourceHashColumn = 0
BEGIN
SET @Column_List_For_Update = @Column_List_For_Update + ',' + @b + ' [Target].[' + @hash_compare_column +'] = [Source].[' + @hash_compare_column +']'
SET @Column_List = @Column_List + ',[' + @hash_compare_column + ']'
END
SET @output += @b + 'WHEN MATCHED ' +
CASE WHEN @update_only_if_changed = 1 AND @hash_compare_column IS NOT NULL
THEN 'AND ([Target].[' + @hash_compare_column +'] <> [Source].[' + @hash_compare_column +'] OR [Target].[' + @hash_compare_column + '] IS NULL) '
ELSE CASE WHEN @update_only_if_changed = 1 AND @hash_compare_column IS NULL THEN
'AND (' + @Column_List_For_Check + ') ' ELSE '' END END + 'THEN'
SET @output += @b + ' UPDATE SET'
SET @output += @b + ' ' + LTRIM(@Column_List_For_Update)
END
--When NOT matched by target, perform an INSERT------------------------------------
SET @output += @b + 'WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN';
SET @output += @b + ' INSERT(' + @Column_List + ')'
SET @output += @b + ' VALUES(' + REPLACE(@Column_List, '[', '[Source].[') + ')'
--When NOT matched by source, DELETE the row as required
IF @delete_if_not_matched=1
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + 'WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE THEN '
SET @output += @b + ' DELETE'
END
IF @include_rowsaffected = 1
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + 'OUTPUT $action INTO @mergeOutput'
END
SET @output += ';' + @b
--Display the number of affected rows to the user, or report if an error occurred---
IF @include_rowsaffected = 1
BEGIN
SET @output += @b + 'DECLARE @mergeError int'
SET @output += @b + ' , @mergeCount int, @mergeCountIns int, @mergeCountUpd int, @mergeCountDel int'
SET @output += @b + 'SELECT @mergeError = @@ERROR'
SET @output += @b + 'SELECT @mergeCount = COUNT(1), @mergeCountIns = SUM(IIF([DMLAction] = ''INSERT'', 1, 0)), @mergeCountUpd = SUM(IIF([DMLAction] = ''UPDATE'', 1, 0)), @mergeCountDel = SUM (IIF([DMLAction] = ''DELETE'', 1, 0)) FROM @mergeOutput'
SET @output += @b + 'IF @mergeError != 0'
SET @output += @b + ' BEGIN'
SET @output += @b + ' PRINT ''ERROR OCCURRED IN MERGE FOR ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + '. Rows affected: '' + CAST(@mergeCount AS VARCHAR(100)); -- SQL should always return zero rows affected';
SET @output += @b + ' END'
SET @output += @b + 'ELSE'
SET @output += @b + ' BEGIN'
SET @output += @b + ' PRINT ''' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' rows affected by MERGE: '' + CAST(COALESCE(@mergeCount,0) AS VARCHAR(100)) + '' (Inserted: '' + CAST(COALESCE(@mergeCountIns,0) AS VARCHAR(100)) + ''; Updated: '' + CAST(COALESCE(@mergeCountUpd,0) AS VARCHAR(100)) + ''; Deleted: '' + CAST(COALESCE(@mergeCountDel,0) AS VARCHAR(100)) + '')'' ;'
SET @output += @b + ' END'
SET @output += @b + ISNULL(@batch_separator, '')
SET @output += @b + @b
END
--Re-enable the temporarily disabled constraints-------------------------------------
IF @disable_constraints = 1 AND @ignore_disable_constraints = 0
BEGIN
SET @output += @output_enable_constraints
SET @output += @b + ISNULL(@batch_separator, '')
SET @output += @b
END
--Switch-off identity inserting------------------------------------------------------
IF (LEN(@IDN) <> 0)
BEGIN
SET @output += @b
SET @output += @b +'SET IDENTITY_INSERT ' + @Target_Table_For_Output + ' OFF'
END
IF (@include_rowsaffected = 1)
BEGIN
SET @output += @b
SET @output += 'SET NOCOUNT OFF'
SET @output += @b + ISNULL(@batch_separator, '')
SET @output += @b
END
SET @output += @b + ''
SET @output += @b + ''
IF @results_to_text = 1
BEGIN
--output the statement to the Grid/Messages tab
SELECT @output;
END
ELSE IF @results_to_text = 0
BEGIN
--output the statement as xml (to overcome SSMS 4000/8000 char limitation)
SELECT [processing-instruction(x)]=@output FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE;
PRINT 'MERGE statement has been wrapped in an XML fragment and output successfully.'
PRINT 'Ensure you have Results to Grid enabled and then click the hyperlink to copy the statement within the fragment.'
PRINT ''
PRINT 'If you would prefer to have results output directly (without XML) specify @results_to_text = 1, however please'
PRINT 'note that the results may be truncated by your SQL client to 4000 nchars.'
END
ELSE
BEGIN
PRINT 'MERGE statement generated successfully (refer to @output OUTPUT parameter for generated T-SQL).'
END
SET NOCOUNT OFF
RETURN 0 --Success. We are done!
END
GO
PRINT 'Created the procedure'
GO
--Mark the proc as a system object to allow it to be called transparently from other databases
EXEC sp_MS_marksystemobject sp_generate_merge
GO
PRINT 'Granting EXECUTE permission on sp_generate_merge to all users'
GRANT EXEC ON sp_generate_merge TO public
SET NOCOUNT OFF
GO
PRINT 'Done'