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Stored Procedure to search all available tables inside MS SQL

Create Stored Procedure


CREATE PROC SearchAllTables
@SearchStr nvarchar(100)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @dml nvarchar(max) = N''      
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#Results') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE dbo.#Results
CREATE TABLE dbo.#Results
([tablename] nvarchar(100),
 [ColumnName] nvarchar(100),
 [Value] nvarchar(max))
SELECT @dml += ' SELECT ''' + s.name + '.' + t.name + ''' AS [tablename], ''' +
               c.name + ''' AS [ColumnName], CAST(' + QUOTENAME(c.name) +
              ' AS nvarchar(max)) AS [Value] FROM ' + QUOTENAME(s.name) + '.' + QUOTENAME(t.name) +
              ' (NOLOCK) WHERE CAST(' + QUOTENAME(c.name) + ' AS nvarchar(max)) LIKE ' + '''%' + @SearchStr + '%'''
FROM sys.schemas s JOIN sys.tables t ON s.schema_id = t.schema_id
                  JOIN sys.columns c ON t.object_id = c.object_id
                  JOIN sys.types ty ON c.system_type_id = ty.system_type_id AND c .user_type_id = ty .user_type_id
WHERE t.is_ms_shipped = 0 AND ty.name NOT IN ('timestamp', 'image', 'sql_variant')
INSERT dbo.#Results
EXEC sp_executesql @dml
SELECT *
FROM dbo.#Results
END

Execute Stored Procedure

exec SearchAllTables '<<VALUE-ONE-WOULD-LIKE-TO-SEARCH';

Delete Stored Procedure

DROP PROCEDURE dbo.SearchAllTables

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