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find a guid in the entire db
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.FindGUID @searchValue uniqueidentifier AS
/*
Search all tables in the database for a guid
Revision History
6/9/2009: Initally created
6/10/2009: Build or clause of multiple columns on one table
*/
--DECLARE @searchValue uniqueidentifier
--SET @searchValue = '{2A6814B9-8261-452D-A144-13264433864E}'
DECLARE abc CURSOR FOR
SELECT
c.TABLE_SCHEMA, c.TABLE_NAME, c.COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns c
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables t
ON c.TABLE_NAME = t.TABLE_NAME
AND t.TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
WHERE DATA_TYPE = 'uniqueidentifier'
DECLARE @tableSchema varchar(200)
DECLARE @tableName varchar(200)
DECLARE @columnName varchar(200)
DECLARE @szQuery varchar(8000)
SET @szQuery = ''
DECLARE @lasttable varchar(255);
SET @lasttable='';
OPEN ABC
FETCH NEXT FROM abc INTO @tableSchema, @tableName, @columnName;
WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
IF(@lasttable=@tablename)
BEGIN
SET @szQuery = @szQuery + ' OR [' + @columnName + ']=''' + CAST(@searchValue AS varchar(50)) + '''';
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @lasttable = @tablename;
IF @szQuery <> ''
BEGIN
PRINT @szQuery
EXEC (@szQuery);
END
SET @szQuery =
'SELECT '''+@tableSchema+'.'+@tableName+''' AS TheTable, '''+@columnName+''' AS TheColumn '+
'FROM '+@tableName+' '+
'WHERE '+@columnName+' = '''+CAST(@searchValue AS varchar(50))+''''
END
FETCH NEXT FROM abc INTO @tableSchema, @tableName, @columnName;
END
CLOSE abc
DEALLOCATE abc
IF @szQuery <> ''
BEGIN
PRINT @szQuery
EXEC (@szQuery);
END
GO
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