Here is a SQL query that will literally find "anything" in SQL. Just connect to your Company database and change the "N" value to whatever you are looking for.
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-- Search all columns in all tables in a database for a string.
-- Does not search: image, sql_variant or user-defined types.
-- Exact search always for money and smallmoney; no wildcards for matching these.
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declare @SearchTerm nvarchar(4000) -- Can be max for SQL2005+
declare @ColumnName sysname
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-- SET THESE! Usually just the 1st line between the ' and ' marks.
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set @SearchTerm = N'46768' -- Term to be searched for, wildcards okay
set @ColumnName = N'' -- Use to restrict the search to certain columns, wildcards okay, null or empty string for all cols
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-- END SET
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set nocount on
declare @TabCols table (
id int not null primary key identity
, table_schema sysname not null
, table_name sysname not null
, column_name sysname not null
, data_type sysname not null
)
insert into @TabCols (table_schema, table_name, column_name, data_type)
select t.TABLE_SCHEMA, c.TABLE_NAME, c.COLUMN_NAME, c.DATA_TYPE
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES t
join INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS c on t.TABLE_SCHEMA = c.TABLE_SCHEMA
and t.TABLE_NAME = c.TABLE_NAME
where 1 = 1
and t.TABLE_TYPE = 'base table'
and c.DATA_TYPE not in ('image', 'sql_variant')
and c.COLUMN_NAME like case when len(@ColumnName) > 0 then @ColumnName else '%' end
order by c.TABLE_NAME, c.ORDINAL_POSITION
declare
@table_schema sysname
, @table_name sysname
, @column_name sysname
, @data_type sysname
, @exists nvarchar(4000) -- Can be max for SQL2005+
, @sql nvarchar(4000) -- Can be max for SQL2005+
, @where nvarchar(4000) -- Can be max for SQL2005+
, @run nvarchar(4000) -- Can be max for SQL2005+
while exists (select null from @TabCols) begin
select top 1
@table_schema = table_schema
, @table_name = table_name
, @exists = 'select null from [' + table_schema + '].[' + table_name + '] where 1 = 0'
, @sql = 'select ''' + '[' + table_schema + '].[' + table_name + ']' + ''' as TABLE_NAME, * from [' + table_schema + '].[' + table_name + '] where 1 = 0'
, @where = ''
from @TabCols
order by id
while exists (select null from @TabCols where table_schema = @table_schema and table_name = @table_name) begin
select top 1
@column_name = column_name
, @data_type = data_type
from @TabCols
where table_schema = @table_schema
and table_name = @table_name
order by id
-- Special case for money
if @data_type in ('money', 'smallmoney') begin
if isnumeric(@SearchTerm) = 1 begin
set @where = @where + ' or [' + @column_name + '] = cast(''' + @SearchTerm + ''' as ' + @data_type + ')' -- could also cast the column as varchar for wildcards
end
end
-- Special case for xml
else if @data_type = 'xml' begin
set @where = @where + ' or cast([' + @column_name + '] as nvarchar(max)) like ''' + @SearchTerm + ''''
end
-- Special case for date
else if @data_type in ('date', 'datetime', 'datetime2', 'datetimeoffset', 'smalldatetime', 'time') begin
set @where = @where + ' or convert(nvarchar(50), [' + @column_name + '], 121) like ''' + @SearchTerm + ''''
end
-- Search all other types
else begin
set @where = @where + ' or [' + @column_name + '] like ''' + @SearchTerm + ''''
end
delete from @TabCols where table_schema = @table_schema and table_name = @table_name and column_name = @column_name
end
set @run = 'if exists(' + @exists + @where + ') begin ' + @sql + @where + ' print ''' + @table_name + ''' end'
print @run
exec sp_executesql @run
end
set nocount off
