Question

I want to query for a particular value lets say “AYX” in some particular column of some particular table in a database.I need to get the list of tables and columns basically having value as “AYX”..How do I go for it?Is it possible? I am using SQL SERVER 2008

Answer 1

DECLARE @string NVARCHAR(32) = N'AYX';


CREATE TABLE #results
(
    [column] NVARCHAR(768), 
    [value] NVARCHAR(MAX)
);

DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'';

SELECT @sql += 'SELECT ''' 
    +  QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME([object_id])) 
    + '.' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME([object_id])) 
    + '.' + QUOTENAME(name) + ''', ' + QUOTENAME(name) + ' FROM ' 
    + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME([object_id])) 
    + '.' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME([object_id])) 
    + ' WHERE ' + QUOTENAME(name) + ' LIKE ''%' + @string + '%'';
    '
FROM sys.columns 
WHERE system_type_id IN (35, 99, 167, 175, 231, 239)
AND OBJECTPROPERTY([object_id], 'IsMsShipped') = 0;

INSERT #results EXEC sp_executesql @sql;

SELECT [column],[value] FROM #results;

DROP TABLE #results;