--
=============================================
-- Author: <Jainul Khan>
-- Create date:
<11-12-2014>
-- Description: <Search entire SQL Server database and all tables for a specified string>
--
=============================================
--
[dbo].[sp_SearchFromAllTables] 'Entered'
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_SearchFromAllTables ( @SearchStr nvarchar(100) )
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @Results TABLE(ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @TableName
nvarchar(256), @ColumnName nvarchar(128), @SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
SET @TableName = ''
SET
@SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + @SearchStr + '%','''')
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 = PARSENAME(@TableName, 2)
AND
TABLE_NAME =
PARSENAME(@TableName, 1)
AND
DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar')
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 +
' LIKE ' +
@SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM
@Results
END
