Searches a specific string inside all tables of a DB
DECLARE @SearchStr nvarchar(100)
SET @SearchStr = '48a95b8a-5636-e811-95a5-30e37a693c68'
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', 'int', 'decimal')
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
DROP TABLE #Results