Stored Procedure to search all available tables inside MS SQL

Arun Nukula
1 min read
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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