Had thought this could be done in cube, but it really needs to be done earlier in the migration process
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/misc/migration/3.8.5_Any.py Thu Jun 24 12:10:01 2010 +0200
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+def migrate_varchar_to_nvarchar():
+ dbdriver = config.sources()['system']['db-driver']
+ if dbdriver != "sqlserver2005":
+ return
+
+ introspection_sql = """\
+SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name, is_nullable, character_maximum_length
+FROM information_schema.columns
+WHERE data_type = 'VARCHAR' and table_name <> 'SYSDIAGRAMS'
+"""
+ has_index_sql = """\
+SELECT i.name AS index_name,
+ i.type_desc,
+ i.is_unique,
+ i.is_unique_constraint
+FROM sys.indexes AS i, sys.index_columns as j, sys.columns as k
+WHERE is_hypothetical = 0 AND i.index_id <> 0
+AND i.object_id = j.object_id
+AND i.index_id = j.index_id
+AND i.object_id = OBJECT_ID('%(table)s')
+AND k.name = '%(col)s'
+AND k.object_id=i.object_id
+AND j.column_id = k.column_id;"""
+
+ generated_statements = []
+ for schema, table, column, is_nullable, length in sql(introspection_sql, ask_confirm=False):
+ qualified_table = '[%s].[%s]' % (schema, table)
+ rset = sql(has_index_sql % {'table': qualified_table, 'col':column},
+ ask_confirm = False)
+ drops = []
+ creates = []
+ for idx_name, idx_type, idx_unique, is_unique_constraint in rset:
+ if is_unique_constraint:
+ drops.append('ALTER TABLE %s DROP CONSTRAINT %s' % (qualified_table, idx_name))
+ creates.append('ALTER TABLE %s ADD CONSTRAINT %s UNIQUE (%s)' % (qualified_table, idx_name, column))
+ else:
+ drops.append('DROP INDEX %s ON %s' % (idx_name, qualified_table))
+ if idx_unique:
+ unique = 'UNIQUE'
+ else:
+ unique = ''
+ creates.append('CREATE %s %s INDEX %s ON %s(%s)' % (unique, idx_type, idx_name, qualified_table, column))
+
+ if length == -1:
+ length = 'max'
+ if is_nullable == 'YES':
+ not_null = 'NULL'
+ else:
+ not_null = 'NOT NULL'
+ alter_sql = 'ALTER TABLE %s ALTER COLUMN %s NVARCHAR(%s) %s' % (qualified_table, column, length, not_null)
+ generated_statements+= drops + [alter_sql] + creates
+
+
+ for statement in generated_statements:
+ print statement
+ sql(statement, ask_confirm=False)
+ commit()
+
+migrate_varchar_to_nvarchar()