This is how you would search a SQL DB looking for a specific element. Just change @SearchStrColumnValue = “%DoWhatYouWantToSearchFor%”.
DECLARE @SearchStrTableName nvarchar(255), @SearchStrColumnName nvarchar(255), @SearchStrColumnValue nvarchar(255), @SearchStrInXML bit, @FullRowResult bit, @FullRowResultRows int SET @SearchStrColumnValue = '%mail%' /* use LIKE syntax */ SET @FullRowResult = 1 SET @FullRowResultRows = 3 SET @SearchStrTableName = NULL /* 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'',''smallint'',''bigint'',''numeric'',''decimal'',''smallmoney'',''money'',' ELSE '' END + '''char'',''varchar'',''nchar'',''nvarchar'',''timestamp'',''uniqueidentifier''' + 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 PRINT @ColumnName SELECT TOP 1 @ColumnName = COLUMN_NAME,@ColumnType = DATA_TYPE FROM @ColumnNameTable SET @sql = 'SELECT ''' + @TableName + ''',''' + @ColumnName + ''',' + CASE @ColumnType WHEN 'xml' THEN 'LEFT(CAST(' + @ColumnName + ' AS nvarchar(MAX)), 4096),''' WHEN 'timestamp' THEN 'master.dbo.fn_varbintohexstr('+ @ColumnName + '),''' ELSE 'LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 4096),''' END + @ColumnType + ''' FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' + ' WHERE ' + CASE @ColumnType WHEN 'xml' THEN 'CAST(' + @ColumnName + ' AS nvarchar(MAX))' WHEN 'timestamp' THEN 'master.dbo.fn_varbintohexstr('+ @ColumnName + ')' ELSE @ColumnName END + ' LIKE ' + @QuotedSearchStrColumnValue INSERT INTO #Results EXEC(@sql) IF @@ROWCOUNT > 0 IF @FullRowResult = 1 BEGIN SET @sql = 'SELECT TOP ' + CAST(@FullRowResultRows AS VARCHAR(3)) + ' ''' + @TableName + ''' AS [TableFound],''' + @ColumnName + ''' AS [ColumnFound],''FullRow>'' AS [FullRow>],*' + ' FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' + ' WHERE ' + CASE @ColumnType WHEN 'xml' THEN 'CAST(' + @ColumnName + ' AS nvarchar(MAX))' WHEN 'timestamp' THEN 'master.dbo.fn_varbintohexstr('+ @ColumnName + ')' 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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