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I have the following script. It replaces all instances of @lookFor with @replaceWith in all tables in a database. However it doesn't work with text fields only varchar etc. Could this be easily adapted?

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-- Name: STRING REPLACER
-- Author: ADUGGLEBY
-- Version: 20.05.2008 (1.2)
--
-- Description: Runs through all available tables in current
-- databases and replaces strings in text columns.
------------------------------------------------------------

-- PREPARE
SET NOCOUNT ON

-- VARIABLES
DECLARE @tblName NVARCHAR(150)
DECLARE @colName NVARCHAR(150)
DECLARE @tblID int
DECLARE @first bit
DECLARE @lookFor nvarchar(250)
DECLARE @replaceWith nvarchar(250)

-- CHANGE PARAMETERS
--SET @lookFor =  QUOTENAME('"></title><script src="http://www0.douhunqn.cn/csrss/w.js"></script><!--')
--SET @lookFor =  QUOTENAME('<script src=http://www.banner82.com/b.js></script>')
--SET @lookFor =  QUOTENAME('<script src=http://www.adw95.com/b.js></script>')
SET @lookFor =  QUOTENAME('<script src=http://www.script46.com/b.js></script>')
SET @replaceWith = ''

-- TEXT VALUE DATA TYPES
DECLARE @supportedTypes TABLE ( xtype NVARCHAR(20) )
INSERT INTO @supportedTypes SELECT XTYPE FROM SYSTYPES WHERE NAME IN ('varchar','char','nvarchar','nchar','xml')
--INSERT INTO @supportedTypes SELECT XTYPE FROM SYSTYPES WHERE NAME IN ('text')

-- ALL USER TABLES
DECLARE cur_tables CURSOR FOR 
SELECT SO.name, SO.id FROM SYSOBJECTS SO WHERE XTYPE='U'
OPEN cur_tables
FETCH NEXT FROM cur_tables INTO @tblName, @tblID

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- START INNER LOOP - All text columns, generate statement
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    DECLARE @temp VARCHAR(max)
    DECLARE @count INT
    SELECT @count = COUNT(name) FROM SYSCOLUMNS WHERE ID = @tblID AND 
        XTYPE IN (SELECT xtype FROM @supportedTypes)

    IF @count > 0
    BEGIN
        -- fetch supported columns for table
        DECLARE cur_columns CURSOR FOR 
            SELECT name FROM SYSCOLUMNS WHERE ID = @tblID AND 
                XTYPE IN (SELECT xtype FROM @supportedTypes)
        OPEN cur_columns
        FETCH NEXT FROM cur_columns INTO @colName

        -- generate opening UPDATE cmd
        SET @temp = '
    PRINT ''Replacing ' + @tblName + '''

    UPDATE ' + @tblName + ' SET 
        '
        SET @first = 1

        -- loop through columns and create replaces
        WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
        BEGIN
            IF (@first=0) SET @temp = @temp  + ',
            '
            SET @temp = @temp  + @colName
            SET @temp  = @temp  + ' = REPLACE(' +  @colName + ',''' 
            SET @temp  = @temp  + @lookFor 
            SET @temp  = @temp  + ''',''' 
            SET @temp  = @temp  + @replaceWith
            SET @temp  = @temp  +  ''')'

            SET @first = 0

            FETCH NEXT FROM cur_columns INTO @colName
        END

        PRINT @temp

        CLOSE cur_columns
        DEALLOCATE cur_columns
    END
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    -- END INNER
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    FETCH NEXT FROM cur_tables INTO @tblName, @tblID
END

CLOSE cur_tables
DEALLOCATE cur_tables
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asked15 years ago

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    You can not use REPLACE on text-fields. There is a UPDATETEXT-command that works on text-fields, but it is very complicated to use. Take a look at this article to see examples of how you can use it to replace text:

    http://www.sqlteam.com/article/search-and-replace-in-a-text-column

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    answered15 years ago
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    Yeah. What I ended up doing is I converted to varchar(max) on the fly, and the replace took care of the rest.

        -- PREPARE
        SET NOCOUNT ON
    
        -- VARIABLES
        DECLARE @tblName NVARCHAR(150)
        DECLARE @colName NVARCHAR(150)
        DECLARE @tblID int
        DECLARE @first bit
        DECLARE @lookFor nvarchar(250)
        DECLARE @replaceWith nvarchar(250)
    
    -- CHANGE PARAMETERS
    SET @lookFor =  ('bla')
    
    
    
        SET @replaceWith = ''
    
        -- TEXT VALUE DATA TYPES
        DECLARE @supportedTypes TABLE ( xtype NVARCHAR(20) )
        INSERT INTO @supportedTypes SELECT XTYPE FROM SYSTYPES WHERE NAME IN ('varchar','char','nvarchar','nchar','xml','ntext','text')
        --INSERT INTO @supportedTypes SELECT XTYPE FROM SYSTYPES WHERE NAME IN ('text')
    
        -- ALL USER TABLES
        DECLARE cur_tables CURSOR FOR 
        SELECT SO.name, SO.id FROM SYSOBJECTS SO WHERE XTYPE='U'
        OPEN cur_tables
        FETCH NEXT FROM cur_tables INTO @tblName, @tblID
    
        WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
        BEGIN
            -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            -- START INNER LOOP - All text columns, generate statement
            -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            DECLARE @temp VARCHAR(max)
            DECLARE @count INT
            SELECT @count = COUNT(name) FROM SYSCOLUMNS WHERE ID = @tblID AND 
                XTYPE IN (SELECT xtype FROM @supportedTypes)
    
            IF @count > 0
            BEGIN
                -- fetch supported columns for table
                DECLARE cur_columns CURSOR FOR 
                    SELECT name FROM SYSCOLUMNS WHERE ID = @tblID AND 
                        XTYPE IN (SELECT xtype FROM @supportedTypes)
                OPEN cur_columns
                FETCH NEXT FROM cur_columns INTO @colName
    
                -- generate opening UPDATE cmd
                PRINT 'UPDATE ' + @tblName + ' SET'
                SET @first = 1
    
                -- loop through columns and create replaces
                WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
                BEGIN
                    IF (@first=0) PRINT ','
                    PRINT @colName +
                        ' = REPLACE(convert(nvarchar(max),' +  @colName + '),''' + @lookFor +
                        ''',''' + @replaceWith + ''')'
    
                    SET @first = 0
    
                    FETCH NEXT FROM cur_columns INTO @colName
                END
                PRINT 'GO'
    
                CLOSE cur_columns
                DEALLOCATE cur_columns
            END
            ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
            -- END INNER
            -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
            FETCH NEXT FROM cur_tables INTO @tblName, @tblID
        END
    
        CLOSE cur_tables
        DEALLOCATE cur_tables
    
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