Search all tables, all columns for a specific value SQL Server
I've just updated my blog post to correct the error in the script that you were having Jeff, you can see the updated script here: Search all fields in SQL Server Database
As requested, here's the script in case you want it but I'd recommend reviewing the blog post as I do update it from time to time
DECLARE @SearchStr nvarchar(100)
SET @SearchStr = '## YOUR STRING HERE ##'
-- Copyright © 2002 Narayana Vyas Kondreddi. All rights reserved.
-- Purpose: To search all columns of all tables for a given search string
-- Written by: Narayana Vyas Kondreddi
-- Site: http://vyaskn.tripod.com
-- Updated and tested by Tim Gaunt
-- http://www.thesitedoctor.co.uk
-- http://blogs.thesitedoctor.co.uk/tim/2010/02/19/Search+Every+Table+And+Field+In+A+SQL+Server+Database+Updated.aspx
-- Tested on: SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2010
-- Date modified: 03rd March 2011 19:00 GMT
CREATE TABLE #Results (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
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + @TableName + '.' + @ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 3630) FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + @ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + @SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #Results
DROP TABLE #Results
Search all databases for value
I have updated your Logic as per below and it works fine, please have a look:
DECLARE @SearchStr VARCHAR(50)='Surat'
DECLARE @Results TABLE(DatabaseName NVARCHAR(500), TableName nvarchar(370),ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630),PrimaryKey nvarchar(200), PrimaryKeyValue nvarchar(4000))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @TableList AS Table
(
TableName VARCHAR(500),
RowNo INT
)
DECLARE @ColumnList AS Table
(
ColumnName VARCHAR(500),
RowNo INT
)
DECLARE @PrimaryKeyList AS Table
(
PrimaryKeyName VARCHAR(500)
)
DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(256), @ColumnName nvarchar(128), @SearchStr2 nvarchar(110), @PrimaryKey nvarchar(200), @CurrentTableName nvarchar(256)
SET @TableName = ''
SET @SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + @SearchStr + '%', '''')
DECLARE @DatabaseCount INT=0, @Index INT=0, @DatabaseName NVARCHAR(500), @TotalColumnCount INT, @ColumnIndex INT=0, @TotalTableCount INT, @TableIndex INT=0
SELECT
*,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY name) AS RowNo
INTO #tblDatabases
FROM Sys.Databases
WHERE name NOT IN ('master','model','msdb','tempdb')
SELECT @DatabaseCount=COUNT (*) FROM #tblDatabases
WHILE @Index<@DatabaseCount
BEGIN
SET @Index=@Index+1
SELECT @DatabaseName='',@TableIndex=0,@ColumnIndex=0,@TableName='',@ColumnName=''
SELECT @DatabaseName=name FROM #tblDatabases WHERE RowNo=@Index
DELETE FROM @TableList
INSERT INTO @TableList
EXEC('
SELECT QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + ''.'' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME),
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY TABLE_NAME)
FROM ['+@DatabaseName+'].INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = ''BASE TABLE''
')
SELECT @TotalTableCount=COUNT(*) FROM @TableList
WHILE @TableIndex<@TotalTableCount
BEGIN
SET @TableIndex=@TableIndex+1
SELECT @ColumnName = '',@ColumnIndex=0
SELECT @TableName=TableName FROM @TableList WHERE RowNo=@TableIndex
SET @CurrentTableName=REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(@TableName,'[dbo].',''),'[',''),']','')
DELETE FROM @ColumnList
INSERT INTO @ColumnList
EXEC('SELECT
COLUMN_NAME,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY COLUMN_NAME)
FROM ['+@DatabaseName+'].INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME('''+@TableName+''', 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME('''+@TableName+''', 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN (''char'', ''varchar'', ''nchar'', ''nvarchar'')
')
SELECT @TotalColumnCount=COUNT(*) FROM @ColumnList
WHILE @ColumnIndex<@TotalColumnCount
BEGIN
SET @ColumnIndex=@ColumnIndex+1
SET @ColumnName=''
SELECT @ColumnName=ColumnName FROM @ColumnList WHERE RowNo=@ColumnIndex
DELETE FROM @PrimaryKeyList
INSERT INTO @PrimaryKeyList
EXEC('
SELECT Col.Column_Name from
['+@DatabaseName+'].INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS Tab,
['+@DatabaseName+'].INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE Col
WHERE
Col.Constraint_Name = Tab.Constraint_Name
AND Col.Table_Name = Tab.Table_Name
AND Constraint_Type = ''PRIMARY KEY''
AND Col.Table_Name= '''+@CurrentTableName+'''
')
SELECT @PrimaryKey=''
SELECT @PrimaryKey=PrimaryKeyName FROM @PrimaryKeyList
SET @PrimaryKey=ISNULL(@PrimaryKey,'')
IF @ColumnName IS NOT NULL AND @PrimaryKey<>''
BEGIN
INSERT INTO @Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT '''+@DatabaseName+''','''+@CurrentTableName+''',''' + @ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 3630) , '''+@PrimaryKey+''', [' + @PrimaryKey + ']
FROM ['+@DatabaseName+'].' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + @ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + @SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
END
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY DatabaseName) AS Id,DatabaseName,TableName,ColumnName, ColumnValue AS SearchValue,PrimaryKeyValue AS Pk, PrimaryKey FROM @Results
DROP TABLE #tblDatabases
Find a value anywhere in a database
This might help you. - from Narayana Vyas. It searches all columns of all tables in a given database. I have used it before and it works.
This is the Stored Proc from the above link - the only change I made was substituting the temp table for a table variable so you don't have to remember to drop it each time.
CREATE PROC SearchAllTables
(
@SearchStr nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
-- Copyright © 2002 Narayana Vyas Kondreddi. All rights reserved.
-- Purpose: To search all columns of all tables for a given search string
-- Written by: Narayana Vyas Kondreddi
-- Site: http://vyaskn.tripod.com
-- Tested on: SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000
-- Date modified: 28th July 2002 22:50 GMT
DECLARE @Results TABLE(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')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > @ColumnName
)
IF @ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO @Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + @TableName + '.' + @ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 3630)
FROM ' + @TableName +
' WHERE ' + @ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + @SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM @Results
END
To execute the stored procedure :
EXEC SearchAllTables 'YourStringHere'
Search all tables in all databases on server for a string
This question is a bit old at this point and most of the answers seem to miss the mark in terms of searching ALL servers and ALL databases on each server. Turned out my manager was just trying to give me an impossible and time consuming task aka busy work to stall me because our team was getting disbanded in a re-org and we were all being sent to different parts in the company.
So, for the sake of writing a comprehensive answer I will say my approach now would be to create a console application that accepts a comma separated list of server names. It would loop through all the server names and connect to them one by one. Once in a server I would query for and loop through all the user created databases and run the search all tables query on each one. If results were found I would write them to a file stored in a directory with a [ServerName]_[DatabaseName]_Results title and then use the outputted list of files to review and develop and action plan for further querying/remediation. It doesn't appear from the answers above that there is a way to do this in SQL Server.
Find a string by searching all tables in SQL Server
If you are like me and have certain restrictions in a production environment, you may wish to use a table variable instead of temp table, and an ad-hoc query rather than a create procedure.
Of course depending on your sql server instance, it must support table variables.
I also added a USE statement to narrow the search scope
USE DATABASE_NAME
DECLARE @SearchStr nvarchar(100) = 'SEARCH_TEXT'
DECLARE @Results TABLE (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
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + @TableName + '.' + @ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 3630)
FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + @ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + @SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM @Results
SQL Server : Search for a string across all the databases and list all the databases, tables and corresponding columns
You can use this stored procedure with value for search like this :
exec SearchAllDatabases @SearchTerm = '%B2%'
This can help you to search everywhere but if you have too much data in your databases this will take time to execute.
Stored procedure :
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.SearchAllDatabases
@SearchTerm NVARCHAR(255) = NULL
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED;
IF @SearchTerm IS NULL OR @SearchTerm NOT LIKE N'%[^%^_]%'
BEGIN
RAISERROR(N'Please enter a valid search term.', 11, 1);
RETURN;
END
CREATE TABLE #results
(
[database] SYSNAME,
[schema] SYSNAME,
[table] SYSNAME,
[column] SYSNAME,
ExampleValue NVARCHAR(1000)
);
DECLARE
@DatabaseCommands NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'',
@ColumnCommands NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'';
SELECT @DatabaseCommands = @DatabaseCommands + N'
EXEC ' + QUOTENAME(name) + '.sys.sp_executesql
@ColumnCommands, N''@SearchTerm NVARCHAR(MAX)'', @SearchTerm;'
FROM sys.databases
WHERE database_id > 4 -- non-system databases
AND[state] = 0-- online
AND user_access = 0; -- multi-user
SET @ColumnCommands = N'DECLARE @q NCHAR(1),
@SearchCommands NVARCHAR(MAX);
SELECT @q = NCHAR(39),
@SearchCommands = N''DECLARE @VSearchTerm VARCHAR(255) = @SearchTerm;'';
SELECT @SearchCommands = @SearchCommands + CHAR(10) + N''
SELECT TOP(1)
[db] = DB_NAME(),
[schema] = N'' + @q + s.name + @q + '',
[table] = N'' + @q + t.name + @q + '',
[column] = N'' + @q + c.name + @q + '',
ExampleValue = LEFT('' + QUOTENAME(c.name) + '', 1000)
FROM '' + QUOTENAME(s.name) + ''.'' + QUOTENAME(t.name) + ''
WHERE '' + QUOTENAME(c.name) + N'' LIKE @'' + CASE
WHEN c.system_type_id IN(35, 167, 175) THEN ''V''
ELSE '''' END + ''SearchTerm;''
FROM sys.schemas AS s
INNER JOIN sys.tables AS t
ON s.[schema_id] = t.[schema_id]
INNER JOIN sys.columns AS c
ON t.[object_id] = c.[object_id]
WHERE c.system_type_id IN (35, 99, 167, 175, 231, 239)
AND c.max_length >= LEN(@SearchTerm);
PRINT @SearchCommands;
EXEC sys.sp_executesql @SearchCommands,
N''@SearchTerm NVARCHAR(255)'', @SearchTerm;';
INSERT #Results
(
[database],
[schema],
[table],
[column],
ExampleValue
)
EXEC[master].sys.sp_executesql @DatabaseCommands,
N'@ColumnCommands NVARCHAR(MAX), @SearchTerm NVARCHAR(255)',
@ColumnCommands, @SearchTerm;
SELECT[Searched for] = @SearchTerm;
SELECT[database],[schema],[table],[column],ExampleValue
FROM #Results
ORDER BY[database],[schema],[table],[column];
END
GO
I hope this helps you.
Display all the names of databases containing particular table
I got it done through following query:
SELECT name
FROM sys.databases
WHERE CASE WHEN state_desc = 'ONLINE'
THEN OBJECT_ID(QUOTENAME(name) + '.[dbo].[heartbit]', 'U')
END IS NOT NULL
Is it possible to search all databases in a SQL Server for a specific view? If yes how?
You can use sp_msforeachdb to check sys.views across all databases:
DECLARE @views TABLE (ViewName NVARCHAR(4000))
DECLARE @ViewName NVARCHAR(4000) = 'ViewName'
DECLARE @query NVARCHAR(4000) = 'SELECT ''?'' + ''.'' + s.name + ''.'' + v.name from [?].sys.views v inner join sys.schemas s on v.schema_id=s.schema_id WHERE v.name LIKE ''%' + @ViewName + '%'''
INSERT INTO @views (ViewName)
EXEC sp_msforeachdb @query
SELECT *
FROM @views
Search text in fields in every table of a MySQL database
You can peek into the information_schema schema. It has a list of all tables and all fields that are in a table. You can then run queries using the information that you have gotten from this table.
The tables involved are SCHEMATA, TABLES and COLUMNS. There are foreign keys such that you can build up exactly how the tables are created in a schema.
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