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SQLServer: Search for columns throughout an entire db which match a given substring.
SELECT t.name AS table_name,
SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS schema_name,
c.name AS column_name
FROM sys.tables AS t
INNER JOIN sys.columns c ON t.OBJECT_ID = c.OBJECT_ID
WHERE c.name LIKE '%sometext%'
ORDER BY schema_name, table_name;
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