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--Here is the complete stored procedure code:
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CREATE PROC [dbo].[SearchAllTables]
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IF OBJECT_ID('[dbo].[SearchAllTables]', 'P') IS NOT NULL
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DROP PROCEDURE [dbo].[SearchAllTables]
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GO
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-- Create a stored procedure called [dbo].[SearchAllTables]
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CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[SearchAllTables]
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(
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@SearchStr nvarchar(100)
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@SearchStr NVARCHAR(100) -- Input parameter to search for a specific string
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)
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AS
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BEGIN
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SET NOCOUNT ON;
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-- Create a temporary table to store the search results
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CREATE TABLE #Results (TableName NVARCHAR(256), ColumnName NVARCHAR(128), ColumnValue NVARCHAR(MAX), RowNumber INT);
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-- Copyright © 2002 Narayana Vyas Kondreddi. All rights reserved.
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-- Purpose: To search all columns of all tables for a given search string
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-- Written by: Narayana Vyas Kondreddi
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-- Site: http://vyaskn.tripod.com
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-- Tested on: SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000
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-- Date modified: 28th July 2002 22:50 GMT
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-- Declare variables to store table and column names, and construct the search string
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DECLARE @TableName NVARCHAR(256), @ColumnName NVARCHAR(128), @SearchStr2 NVARCHAR(110);
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SET @SearchStr2 = '%' + @SearchStr + '%'; -- Add wildcard characters to search string
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-- Declare a dynamic SQL variable to build the dynamic SQL statement
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DECLARE @DynamicSQL NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'';
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CREATE TABLE #Results (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))
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-- Build the dynamic SQL statement to search for the specified string in all tables and columns
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SELECT @DynamicSQL +=
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N'INSERT INTO #Results (TableName, ColumnName, ColumnValue, RowNumber) ' +
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N'SELECT ''' + QUOTENAME(t.TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(t.TABLE_NAME) + ''', ' +
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N'''' + QUOTENAME(c.COLUMN_NAME) + ''', ' +
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N'CAST(' + QUOTENAME(c.COLUMN_NAME) + ' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)), ' +
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N'ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) ' +
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N'FROM ' + QUOTENAME(t.TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(t.TABLE_NAME) + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
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N'WHERE ' + QUOTENAME(c.COLUMN_NAME) + ' LIKE @SearchStr2; '
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FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES t
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INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS c ON t.TABLE_NAME = c.TABLE_NAME AND t.TABLE_SCHEMA = c.TABLE_SCHEMA
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WHERE t.TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
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AND c.DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar', 'uniqueidentifier')
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AND OBJECTPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID(QUOTENAME(t.TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(t.TABLE_NAME)), 'IsMSShipped') = 0;
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SET NOCOUNT ON
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-- Get the total number of tables
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DECLARE @TotalTables INT = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE');
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DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(256), @ColumnName nvarchar(128), @SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
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SET @TableName = ''
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SET @SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + @SearchStr + '%','''')
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-- Initialize the counter variables
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DECLARE @Counter INT = 0, @Progress INT = 0;
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WHILE @TableName IS NOT NULL
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BEGIN
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SET @ColumnName = ''
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SET @TableName =
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(
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SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
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FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
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WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
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AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > @TableName
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AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
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OBJECT_ID(
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QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
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), 'IsMSShipped'
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) = 0
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)
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-- Execute the dynamic SQL statement using sp_executesql with the search string parameter
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EXEC sp_executesql @DynamicSQL, N'@SearchStr2 NVARCHAR(110)', @SearchStr2 = @SearchStr2;
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WHILE (@TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (@ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
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BEGIN
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SET @ColumnName =
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(
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SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
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FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
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WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(@TableName, 2)
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AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(@TableName, 1)
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AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar', 'uniqueidentifier')
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AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > @ColumnName
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)
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IF @ColumnName IS NOT NULL
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BEGIN
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INSERT INTO #Results
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EXEC
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(
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'SELECT ''' + @TableName + '.' + @ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 3630)
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FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
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' WHERE ' + @ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + @SearchStr2
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)
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--Print @TableName
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END
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END
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END
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-- Select the search results from the temporary table
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SELECT TableName, ColumnName, ColumnValue, RowNumber FROM #Results;
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SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #Results
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-- Drop the temporary table
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DROP TABLE #Results;
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END

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