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search invalid dates in SQL server
--this scripts searches for DateTime.Min dates in the whole database
declare @SearchDate [date] = CONVERT(DATE, '0001-01-01',120);
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#Results', 'U') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE dbo.#Results
CREATE TABLE #Results (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue [date] )
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(256), @ColumnName nvarchar(128)
SET @TableName = ''
WHILE @TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET @ColumnName = ''
SET @TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > @TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped'
) = 0
)
WHILE (@TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (@ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET @ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'Staging'
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(@TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('date','datetime')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > @ColumnName
)
IF @ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + @TableName + '.' + @ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 3630)
FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + @ColumnName + ' = CONVERT(DATE, ''0001-01-01'',120)'
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #Results
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