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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

SQL server - Search a string in DB (to get list of columns and tables containing the string)

SQL Server - query
--
SET @SearchString='rapports'
-- ------------------------------------------

SELECT   @SQL = @SQL + 'SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX),COUNT(*)) + '' matches in column ''+'''
         + C.name + '''+'' on table '' + ''' + SC.name + '.' + T.name +
         ''' [Matches for '''+@SearchString+''':] FROM ' +
         QUOTENAME(SC.name) + '.' + QUOTENAME(T.name) + ' WHERE ' + QUOTENAME(C.name) +
         ' LIKE ''%' + @SearchString +
         '%'' HAVING COUNT(*)>0 UNION ALL ' +CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)
FROM     sys.columns C
JOIN     sys.tables T
ON       C.object_id=T.object_id
JOIN     sys.schemas SC
ON       SC.schema_id=T.schema_id
JOIN     sys.types ST
ON       C.user_type_id=ST.user_type_id
JOIN     sys.types SYST
ON       ST.system_type_id=SYST.user_type_id
AND      ST.system_type_id=SYST.system_type_id
WHERE    SYST.name IN ('varchar','nvarchar','text','ntext','char','nchar')
ORDER BY T.name, C.name

-- Strip off the last UNION ALL
IF LEN(@SQL)>12
  SELECT @SQL=LEFT(@SQL,LEN(@SQL)- 12)

EXEC(@SQL)