Create below SearchSQLDB Stored Procedure by connecting to the target SQL DB in your SQL MGMT studio.
[code language=”sql”]
CREATE PROC SeachSQlDB
(
@SearchPattern nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE #TempResults (ColumnName nvarchar(300), ColumnValue nvarchar(3000))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(256), @ColumnName nvarchar(128), @TempSrchStr nvarchar(110)
SET @TableName = ”
SET @TempSrchStr = QUOTENAME(‘%’ + @SearchPattern + ‘%’,””)
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 #TempResults
EXEC (
‘SELECT ”’ + @TableName + ‘.’ + @ColumnName + ”’, LEFT(‘ + @ColumnName + ‘, 3000)
FROM ‘ + @TableName + ‘ (NOLOCK) ‘ +
‘ WHERE ‘ + @ColumnName + ‘ LIKE ‘ + @TempSrchStr
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #TempResults
END
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Then run the stored procedure as shown below:
[code language=”sql”]
EXEC SeachSQlDB ‘SearchString’
GO
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