The below article content is taken from this excellent articly by David. http://blog.davidyardy.com/blog/archive/2008/08/16/sql-server-ndash-find-field-value-in-database.aspx
The following is a SQL Script that can be run in a database to return all tables and columns where a particular value is present. This can be used for strings or values with a small modification.This type of thing is great when moving applications/products between servers. This is certainly a good script to include in your master table to be used over and over.
DECLARE @value VARCHAR(64) DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(1024) DECLARE @table VARCHAR(64) DECLARE @column VARCHAR(64) SET @value = 'valuehere' CREATE TABLE #t ( tablename VARCHAR(64), columnname VARCHAR(64) ) DECLARE TABLES CURSOR FOR SELECT o.name, c.name FROM syscolumns c INNER JOIN sysobjects o ON c.id = o.id WHERE o.type = 'U' AND c.xtype IN (167, 175, 231, 239) ORDER BY o.name, c.name OPEN TABLES FETCH NEXT FROM TABLES INTO @table, @column WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN SET @sql = 'IF EXISTS(SELECT NULL FROM [' + @table + '] ' --SET @sql = @sql + 'WHERE RTRIM(LTRIM([' + @column + '])) = ''' + @value + ''') ' SET @sql = @sql + 'WHERE RTRIM(LTRIM([' + @column + '])) LIKE ''%' + @value + '%'') ' SET @sql = @sql + 'INSERT INTO #t VALUES (''' + @table + ''', ''' SET @sql = @sql + @column + ''')' EXEC(@sql) FETCH NEXT FROM TABLES INTO @table, @column END CLOSE TABLES DEALLOCATE TABLES SELECT * FROM #t DROP TABLE #t
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