SQL - Scan all tables and fields for a text string

Original Post
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/591853/search-for-a-string-in-an-all-the-tables-rows-and-columns-of-a-sqll-server-db


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DECLARE
    @search_string  VARCHAR(100),
    @table_name     SYSNAME,
    @table_id       INT,
    @column_name    SYSNAME,
    @sql_string     VARCHAR(2000)

SET @search_string = 'pal'

DECLARE tables_cur CURSOR FOR SELECT name, object_id FROM sys.objects WHERE type = 'U'

OPEN tables_cur

FETCH NEXT FROM tables_cur INTO @table_name, @table_id

WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
    DECLARE columns_cur CURSOR FOR SELECT name FROM sys.columns WHERE object_id = @table_id AND system_type_id IN (167, 175, 231, 239)

    OPEN columns_cur

    FETCH NEXT FROM columns_cur INTO @column_name
    WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
    BEGIN
        SET @sql_string = 'IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM [' + @table_name + '] WHERE [' + @column_name + '] LIKE ''%' + @search_string + '%'') PRINT ''' + @table_name + ', ' + @column_name + ''''
--print @sql_string
        EXECUTE(@sql_string)

        FETCH NEXT FROM columns_cur INTO @column_name
    END

    CLOSE columns_cur

    DEALLOCATE columns_cur

    FETCH NEXT FROM tables_cur INTO @table_name, @table_id
END

CLOSE tables_cur

DEALLOCATE tables_cur