Search all tables in a database
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DECLARE @SearchStr nvarchar(100) = 'brent' | |
DECLARE @SearchSchema nvarchar(100) = 'dbo' | |
CREATE TABLE #Results ( | |
TableName nvarchar(255), | |
ColumnName nvarchar(255), | |
ColumnValue nvarchar(MAX)) | |
SET NOCOUNT ON | |
DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(255) = '', | |
@ColumnName nvarchar(255), | |
@SearchStr2 nvarchar(255) = 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 | |
TABLE_SCHEMA = @SearchSchema | |
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', 'int', 'decimal') | |
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 | |
TableName, | |
ColumnName, | |
ColumnValue, | |
COUNT(*) | |
FROM #Results | |
GROUP BY TableName, ColumnName, ColumnValue | |
DROP TABLE #Results |
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