SQL query – Get the number of non-null entries in all table columns without typing in each column names
DECLARE @col varchar ( 255 ), @cmd varchar ( max ), @numval varchar ( max ), @Parm varchar ( 500 ), @SQLString nvarchar ( 500 ), @ParmDefinition nvarchar ( 500 ), @CountSQLQuery varchar ( 30 ); DECLARE getinfo cursor for SELECT c . name FROM sys . tables t JOIN sys . columns c ON t . Object_ID = c . Object_ID WHERE t . Name = 'YOUR_TABLE_NAME' OPEN getinfo FETCH NEXT FROM getinfo into @col WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN SET @SQLString = N'SELECT @result = COUNT(*) FROM YOUR_TABLE_NAME where ' + @col + ' is not null' ; SET @ParmDefinition = N'@result varchar(30) OUTPUT' ; EXECUTE sp_executesql @SQLString , @ParmDefinition , @result = @CountSQLQuery OUTPUT ; print @col + ' ' + @CountSQLQuery FETCH NEXT FROM getinfo into @col END CLOSE getinfo DEALLOCATE getinfo