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ellenkillam
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Posted - 2012-12-03 : 09:21:46
I would like to query a database based on a column value.

For example I am looking to display all tables that have a certain ID column name and ID value.

visakh16
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52326 Posts

Posted - 2012-12-03 : 10:26:45
see

http://vyaskn.tripod.com/search_all_columns_in_all_tables.htm

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sunitabeck
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5155 Posts

Posted - 2012-12-03 : 10:41:14
If you just want to search a specific column, you can construct a dynamic sql query like shown below. This is not as polished as the one in the link that Visakh posted or in this blog, so try those first:
DECLARE @col_name VARCHAR(32) = 'ORDER_ID';
DECLARE @value VARCHAR(32) = '34709262';

DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(4000) =
'IF EXISTS
(
SELECT *
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.[COLUMNS] c
WHERE ' +
' c.COLUMN_NAME = ''' +@col_name +'''' +
'AND QUOTENAME(c.TABLE_SCHEMA) +''.'' + QUOTENAME(c.TABLE_NAME) = ''?''
)
EXEC(''SELECT * FROM ? WHERE '+@col_name +' = '''''+@value +''''''')';

EXEC SP_MSFOREACHTABLE @sql;
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madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2012-12-04 : 05:23:38
Here is my method that searches all character data
http://beyondrelational.com/blogs/madhivanan/archive/2009/12/14/search-a-value-in-character-column-of-all-tables.aspx


Madhivanan

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Tomji
Starting Member

19 Posts

Posted - 2013-04-12 : 12:54:06
http://fullparam.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/fck-it-i-am-going-to-search-all-tables-all-collumns/


DECLARE @SearchStrTableName nvarchar(255), @SearchStrColumnName nvarchar(255), @SearchStrColumnValue nvarchar(255), @SearchStrInXML bit, @FullRowResult bit
SET @SearchStrColumnValue = '%RE8%' /* use LIKE syntax */
SET @FullRowResult = 1
SET @SearchStrTableName = '%Computer%' /* NULL for all tables, uses LIKE syntax */
SET @SearchStrColumnName = NULL /* NULL for all columns, uses LIKE syntax */
SET @SearchStrInXML = 0 /* Searching XML data may be slow */

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Results') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #Results
CREATE TABLE #Results (TableName nvarchar(128), ColumnName nvarchar(128), ColumnValue nvarchar(max),ColumnType nvarchar(20))

SET NOCOUNT ON

DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(256) = '',@ColumnName nvarchar(128),@ColumnType nvarchar(20), @QuotedSearchStrColumnValue nvarchar(110), @QuotedSearchStrColumnName nvarchar(110)
SET @QuotedSearchStrColumnValue = QUOTENAME(@SearchStrColumnValue,'''')
DECLARE @ColumnNameTable TABLE (COLUMN_NAME nvarchar(128),DATA_TYPE nvarchar(20))

WHILE @TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET @TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND TABLE_NAME LIKE COALESCE(@SearchStrTableName,TABLE_NAME)
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > @TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)), 'IsMSShipped') = 0
)
IF @TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(MAX)
SET @sql = 'SELECT QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME),DATA_TYPE
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(''' + @TableName + ''', 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(''' + @TableName + ''', 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN (' + CASE WHEN ISNUMERIC(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(@SearchStrColumnValue,'%',''),'_',''),'[',''),']',''),'-','')) = 1 THEN '''tinyint'',''int'',''bigint'',' ELSE '' END + '''char'',''varchar'',''nchar'',''nvarchar''' + CASE @SearchStrInXML WHEN 1 THEN ',''xml''' ELSE '' END + ')
AND COLUMN_NAME LIKE COALESCE(' + CASE WHEN @SearchStrColumnName IS NULL THEN 'NULL' ELSE '''' + @SearchStrColumnName + '''' END + ',COLUMN_NAME)'
INSERT INTO @ColumnNameTable
EXEC (@sql)
WHILE EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM @ColumnNameTable)
BEGIN
SELECT TOP 1 @ColumnName = COLUMN_NAME,@ColumnType = DATA_TYPE FROM @ColumnNameTable
SET @sql = 'SELECT ''' + @TableName + ''',''' + @ColumnName + ''',' + CASE @SearchStrInXML WHEN 1 THEN 'LEFT(CAST(' + @ColumnName + ' AS nvarchar(MAX)), 4096),''' ELSE 'LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 4096),''' END + @ColumnType + '''
FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + CASE @SearchStrInXML WHEN 1 THEN 'CAST(' + @ColumnName + ' AS nvarchar(MAX))' ELSE @ColumnName END + ' LIKE ' + @QuotedSearchStrColumnValue
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC(@sql)
IF @@ROWCOUNT > 0 IF @FullRowResult = 1
BEGIN
SET @sql = 'SELECT ''' + @TableName + ''' AS [TableFound],''' + @ColumnName + ''' AS [ColumnFound],''FullRow>'' AS [FullRow>],*' +
' FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + CASE @SearchStrInXML WHEN 1 THEN 'CAST(' + @ColumnName + ' AS nvarchar(MAX))' ELSE @ColumnName END + ' LIKE ' + @QuotedSearchStrColumnValue
EXEC(@sql)
END
DELETE FROM @ColumnNameTable WHERE COLUMN_NAME = @ColumnName
END
END
END
SET NOCOUNT OFF

SELECT TableName, ColumnName, ColumnValue, ColumnType, COUNT(*) AS Count FROM #Results
GROUP BY TableName, ColumnName, ColumnValue, ColumnType
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