Search any value in full SQL database

 DECLARE @SearchStr nvarchar(100)

SET @SearchStr = '13DA19BA-FD37-6072-98E5-FF000022C5F7'

 

 

-- Tested on: SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2010

-- Date modified: 08 June 2023 

--CREATE TABLE Results_search (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_search

            EXEC

            (

                'SELECT ''' + @TableName + '.' + @ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 3630) FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +

                ' WHERE ' + @ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + @SearchStr2

            )

        END

    END   

END