First create the procedure inside the database
CREATE PROCEDURE FindMyData_String
@DataToFind NVARCHAR(4000),
@ExactMatch BIT = 0
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @Temp TABLE(RowId INT IDENTITY(1,1), SchemaName sysname, TableName sysname, ColumnName SysName, DataType VARCHAR(100), DataFound BIT)
INSERT INTO @Temp(TableName,SchemaName, ColumnName, DataType)
SELECT C.Table_Name,C.TABLE_SCHEMA, C.Column_Name, C.Data_Type
FROM Information_Schema.Columns AS C
INNER Join Information_Schema.Tables AS T
ON C.Table_Name = T.Table_Name
AND C.TABLE_SCHEMA = T.TABLE_SCHEMA
WHERE Table_Type = 'Base Table'
And Data_Type In ('ntext','text','nvarchar','nchar','varchar','char')
DECLARE @i INT
DECLARE @MAX INT
DECLARE @TableName sysname
DECLARE @ColumnName sysname
DECLARE @SchemaName sysname
DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(4000)
DECLARE @PARAMETERS NVARCHAR(4000)
DECLARE @DataExists BIT
DECLARE @SQLTemplate NVARCHAR(4000)
SELECT @SQLTemplate = CASE WHEN @ExactMatch = 1
THEN 'If Exists(Select *
From ReplaceTableName
Where Convert(nVarChar(4000), [ReplaceColumnName])
= ''' + @DataToFind + '''
)
Set @DataExists = 1
Else
Set @DataExists = 0'
ELSE 'If Exists(Select *
From ReplaceTableName
Where Convert(nVarChar(4000), [ReplaceColumnName])
Like ''%' + @DataToFind + '%''
)
Set @DataExists = 1
Else
Set @DataExists = 0'
END,
@PARAMETERS = '@DataExists Bit OUTPUT',
@i = 1
SELECT @i = 1, @MAX = MAX(RowId)
FROM @Temp
WHILE @i <= @MAX
BEGIN
SELECT @SQL = REPLACE(REPLACE(@SQLTemplate, 'ReplaceTableName', QUOTENAME(SchemaName) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TableName)), 'ReplaceColumnName', ColumnName)
FROM @Temp
WHERE RowId = @i
PRINT @SQL
EXEC SP_EXECUTESQL @SQL, @PARAMETERS, @DataExists = @DataExists OUTPUT
IF @DataExists =1
UPDATE @Temp SET DataFound = 1 WHERE RowId = @i
SET @i = @i + 1
END
SELECT SchemaName,TableName, ColumnName
FROM @Temp
WHERE DataFound = 1
GONext you can run the query with the following command (replace the search string with what you are wanting to search for)
exec FindMyData_string 'search string', 0