Search a value in your database in SQL Server

Here is a script to identify a value in your database. The script will identify the presence of the search value from all tables and generate select queries from the respective tables which you can execute and confirm.

	DECLARE @STRINGTOLOOKFOR VARCHAR(500)
		,@TABLENAME SYSNAME
		,@FULLTABLENAME SYSNAME
        --<-- Give the value to search------->
	SELECT @STRINGTOLOOKFOR = '7F0B0DD5-22BC-421B-9416-3A7C24146A98'  
        --<-- Give the value to search------->

	DECLARE @COLUMNNAME NVARCHAR(128),
		@DATETYPE NVARCHAR(128),
		@ROW SMALLINT,
		@ROWCOUNT INT,
		@SQL NVARCHAR(1000)
		
	DECLARE STRING_FIND_CURSOR CURSOR FAST_FORWARD FOR 
		
	SELECT TABLE_NAME, TABLE_SCHEMA+'.'+TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES 
	WHERE TABLE_TYPE ='BASE TABLE' 
	
	OPEN STRING_FIND_CURSOR
	
	FETCH NEXT FROM STRING_FIND_CURSOR 
	INTO @TABLENAME, @FULLTABLENAME
	
	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 =  QUOTENAME(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 ' + @FULLTABLENAME + ' WHERE PATINDEX(''%' + @STRINGTOLOOKFOR + '%'', ' + @COLUMNNAME + ') > 0'
			IF @DATETYPE IN (N'UNIQUEIDENTIFIER') AND @STRINGTOLOOKFOR LIKE '[A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][-][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][-][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][-][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][-][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9][A-F,0-9]'
				SET @SQL = 'SELECT * FROM ' + @FULLTABLENAME + ' WHERE' + @COLUMNNAME + ' = ''' + @STRINGTOLOOKFOR + ''''
			IF @DATETYPE IN (N'NCHAR', N'NVARCHAR', N'NTEXT')
				SET @SQL = 'SELECT * FROM ' + @FULLTABLENAME + ' WHERE PATINDEX(''%' + @STRINGTOLOOKFOR + '%'', CAST(' + @COLUMNNAME + ' AS TEXT)) > 0'
			
			IF @DATETYPE IN (N'SQL_VARIANT',N'SMALLINT',N'INT',N'BIGINT',N'TINYINT')
				SET @SQL = 'SELECT * FROM ' + @FULLTABLENAME + ' WHERE CONVERT(VARCHAR(8000),' + @COLUMNNAME + ') LIKE ''%'+ @STRINGTOLOOKFOR + '%'''
			
			IF @SQL IS NOT NULL
			BEGIN
				SET @SQL = 'IF EXISTS(' + @SQL + ') PRINT ''SELECT '+@COLUMNNAME+' FROM ' + @FULLTABLENAME + ' WHERE ' + @COLUMNNAME + ' LIKE ''''%'+@STRINGTOLOOKFOR+'%'''''''
				EXEC (@SQL)
			END
		END
	
		FETCH NEXT FROM STRING_FIND_CURSOR 
		INTO @TABLENAME, @FULLTABLENAME

	END
	
	CLOSE STRING_FIND_CURSOR
	DEALLOCATE STRING_FIND_CURSOR
	
	

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