sql-servercollationcross-databasefindname

Cannot resolve the collation conflict when try to find specific table and column


I use SQL Server 2016.

I need to find table name and column name across all databases on a server.

DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(max)

SET @SQL = STUFF((
            SELECT '
UNION
SELECT ' + quotename(NAME, '''') + ' as Db_Name, t.Name collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS as Table_Name,
c.Name as Column_Name
FROM ' + quotename(NAME) + '.sys.tables as t 
INNER JOIN ' + quotename(NAME) + '.sys.columns as c ON t.object_id = c.object_id
WHERE t.NAME LIKE ''%'' + @TableName + ''%'' 
AND c.NAME LIKE ''%'' + @ColumnName + ''%'' '  
            FROM sys.databases
            ORDER BY NAME
            FOR XML PATH('')
                ,type
            ).value('.', 'nvarchar(max)'), 1, 8, '')

--PRINT @SQL;

EXECUTE sp_executeSQL @SQL
    ,N'@TableName varchar(30), @ColumnName varchar(30)'
    ,@TableName = 'Bid'
    ,@ColumnName = 'bidid'

I'm getting this error

Cannot resolve the collation conflict between "Latin1_General_100_CI_AS_KS_WS" and "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" in the UNION operation.

Following this thread:

Cannot resolve the collation conflict?

I tried setting collate to 'DATABASE_DEFAULT' by adding to my inner join or where clause, but that did not resolve the error.


Solution

  • By adding to the select list collation as follows: ",c.Name collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS as Column_Name" it worked perfectly well