This script will search for a value in all columns in a MS-SQL db

find_value.py

# This script will search for a value in all columns in a MS-SQL db
# How to use:
# python find_value.py VALUE
# It will search for VALUE in every single column in DB and print the table, column and value when found
import sys
import pymssql

try:
    # Populate your DB credentials
    conn = pymssql.connect(
            host="",
            user="",
            password="",
            database=""
    )
except Exception, e:
    print("Error in connecting to db {}").format(e)
    exit(0)

cursor = conn.cursor()

cursor.execute("SELECT t1.name as table_name, t2.name as column_name FROM sys.tables t1 JOIN  sys.columns t2 ON t1.object_id = t2.object_id;")
rows = cursor.fetchall()
for row in rows:
    try:
        query = 'SELECT * FROM "{}" WHERE "{}" = \'{}\''.format(row[0], row[1], sys.argv[1])
        cursor.execute(query)
        val = cursor.fetchone()
        if val != None:
            print 'Table: {}, Field: {}, Val: {}'.format(row[0], row[1], val)
    except:
        continue

conn.close()