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sql server change length of nvarchar column



declare @schema nvarchar(255)
declare @table nvarchar(255)
declare @col nvarchar(255)
declare @dtype nvarchar(255)
declare @sql nvarchar(max)

declare maxcols cursor for
select
    c.TABLE_SCHEMA,
    c.TABLE_NAME,
    c.COLUMN_NAME,
    c.DATA_TYPE
from
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS c
inner join INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES t on
c.TABLE_CATALOG = t.TABLE_CATALOG
and c.TABLE_SCHEMA = t.TABLE_SCHEMA
and c.TABLE_NAME = t.TABLE_NAME
and t.TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
where
    c.DATA_TYPE like '%varchar'
    and c.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH = 500

open maxcols

fetch next from maxcols into @schema, @table, @col, @dtype

while @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
begin
    set @sql = 'alter table [' + @schema + '].[' + @table +
    '] alter column [' + @col + '] ' + @dtype + '(2000)'
    exec sp_executesql @sql

    fetch next from maxcols into @schema, @table, @col, @dtype
end

close maxcols
deallocate maxcols

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