Search All Columns in All Tables for a string

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[spFindTextInColumns]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsProcedure') = 1)
drop procedure [dbo].[spFindTextInColumns]
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE spFindTextInColumns (@TableName sysname = NULL,
@StringToLookFor varchar(500))
AS
-- Example Calls
-- EXECUTE spFindTextInColumns MyTable, 'tcart' --search a specific table
--
-- EXECUTE spFindTextInColumns default, 'tcart' --search all tables
-- GO

DECLARE @columnName nvarchar(128),
@dateType nvarchar(128),
@row smallint,
@rowCount int,
@sql nvarchar(1000)

DECLARE string_find_cursor CURSOR FAST_FORWARD FOR
SELECT [name]
FROM SYSOBJECTS
WHERE (
OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsMsShipped') = 0
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1
) AND (@TableName IS NULL OR [name] = @TableName)
ORDER BY [name]

OPEN string_find_cursor

FETCH NEXT FROM string_find_cursor
INTO @tableName

SET @StringToLookFor = '%' + @StringToLookFor + '%'

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @row = 1

SELECT @rowCount = MAX([ORDINAL_POSITION])
FROM [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[COLUMNS]
WHERE [TABLE_NAME] = @tableName
GROUP BY [ORDINAL_POSITION]

WHILE @row <= @rowCount
BEGIN
SELECT @columnName = '[' + [COLUMN_NAME] + ']',
@dateType = [DATA_TYPE]
FROM [INFORMATION_SCHEMA].[COLUMNS]
WHERE [TABLE_NAME] = @tableName
AND [ORDINAL_POSITION] = @row
ORDER BY [ORDINAL_POSITION]

SET @row = @row + 1

SET @sql = NULL

IF @dateType IN ( N'char', N'varchar', N'text')
SET @sql = 'SELECT * FROM ' + @tableName + ' WHERE PATINDEX(''' + @StringToLookFor + ''', ' + @columnName + ') > 0'
ELSE IF @dateType IN (N'nchar', N'nvarchar', N'ntext')
SET @sql = 'SELECT * FROM ' + @tableName + ' WHERE PATINDEX(''' + @StringToLookFor + ''', CAST(' + @columnName + ' As TEXT)) > 0'

IF @sql IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET @sql = 'IF EXISTS(' + @sql + ') PRINT ''[' + @tableName + '].' + @columnName + ''''
--PRINT (@sql)
EXEC (@sql)
END
END

FETCH NEXT FROM string_find_cursor
INTO @tableName
END

CLOSE string_find_cursor
DEALLOCATE string_find_cursor


GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO




/*EXECUTE spFindTextInColumns default, 'Arun'*/