Create this procedure in the required database
and here is how you run it:
--To search all columns of all tables in Pubs database for the keyword "Computer"
EXEC SearchAllTables 'Computer'
GO
Here is the complete stored procedure code:
--To search all columns of all tables in Pubs database for the keyword "Computer"
EXEC SearchAllTables 'Computer'
GO
Here is the complete stored procedure code:
CREATE PROC SearchAllTables
(
@SearchStr
nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
-- Copyright ©
2002 Narayana Vyas Kondreddi. All rights reserved.
-- Purpose: To
search all columns of all tables for a given search string
-- Written by:
Narayana Vyas Kondreddi
-- Site:
http://vyaskn.tripod.com
-- Tested on:
SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000
-- Date
modified: 28th July 2002 22:50 GMT
CREATE TABLE
#Results (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