I want to search a string or int in whole of my database. Such as I want to search 'Admin' in a database. For this what can I do?
Thanks,
kibria
Try this stored procedure
CREATE PROC SearchAllTables
(
#SearchStr nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE #Results (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256), #ColumnName nvarchar(128), #SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
SET #TableName = ''
SET #SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + #SearchStr + '%','''')
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = ''
SET #TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped'
) = 0
)
WHILE (#TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (#ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(#TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(#TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar', 'int', 'decimal')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > #ColumnName
)
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + #ColumnName + ', 3630)
FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #Results
END
I've found a stored procedure that can do that
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/c0c57332-8624-48c0-b4c3-5b31fe641c58
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I have a string and I want to search that string in all the tables of Database.
Fortunately, I have the Query to search in all the tables of the database and get me the result which is quite impressive.
USE DATABASE_NAME
DECLARE #SearchStr nvarchar(100) = 'SEARCH_TEXT'
DECLARE #Results TABLE (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256), #ColumnName nvarchar(128), #SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
SET #TableName = ''
SET #SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + #SearchStr + '%','''')
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = ''
SET #TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped'
) = 0
)
WHILE (#TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (#ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(#TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(#TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar', 'int', 'decimal')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > #ColumnName
)
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + #ColumnName + ', 3630)
FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #Results
And I got the result
*The Problem: * I want the third column with this result and that is primary_key column
Basically I have to run the updation task on this result, so I want primary key for my where clause to apply on.
So please update this query and help me to get the third column (primary_key column) with this result
PS: if anyone has another solution to this problem most welcome
The basic problem in simple words is:
A search of a specific string in database tables and update the values of the column value where the specific string matches.
Try this :)
USE springhibernate
DECLARE #SearchStr nvarchar(100) = 'James'
DECLARE #Results TABLE (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630), PrimaryColumnName nvarchar(370))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256), #ColumnName nvarchar(128), #PrimaryColumnName nvarchar(128), #SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
SET #TableName = ''
SET #SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + #SearchStr + '%','''')
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = ''
SET #TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped'
) = 0
)
IF #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #PrimaryColumnName = (
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_NAME) + '.' + QUOTENAME(cd.COLUMN_NAME))
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE cd
join INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS tc ON tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = cd.CONSTRAINT_NAME
WHERE
QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_NAME) = #TableName
AND tc.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY'
)
END
WHILE (#TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (#ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(#TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(#TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar', 'int', 'decimal')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > #ColumnName
)
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
IF #PrimaryColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + #ColumnName + ', 3630), LEFT(' + #PrimaryColumnName + ', 3630)
FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
)
END
ELSE
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + #ColumnName + ', 3630), NULL
FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
END
SELECT * FROM #Results
I want to fetch the primaryKey column also so that I can run following Query
UPDATE <TABLE_NAME> SET <COLUMN_NAME> = REPLACE(<COLUMN_NAME>, '<REPLACE_STRING>', '') where <PRIMARY_KEY_COLUMN_NAME> = PRIMARY_KEY;
So #Tarun Query help me to get
* TABLE_NAME
* COLUMN_NAME
* PRIMARY_KEY
But I need one more data PRIMARY_KEY_COLUMN_NAME So I updated little bit
DECLARE #SearchStr nvarchar(100) = '%JAMES%'
DECLARE #Results TABLE (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630), PrimaryKeyId nvarchar(370), PrimaryColumnName nvarchar(370))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256), #ColumnName nvarchar(128), #PrimaryKeyId nvarchar(128),#PrimaryColumnName nvarchar(128) ,#SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
SET #TableName = ''
SET #SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + #SearchStr + '%','''')
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = ''
SET #TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped'
) = 0
)
IF #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #PrimaryColumnName = (
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_NAME) + '.' + QUOTENAME(cd.COLUMN_NAME))
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE cd
join INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS tc ON tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = cd.CONSTRAINT_NAME
WHERE
QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_NAME) = #TableName
AND tc.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY'
)
END
BEGIN
SET #PrimaryKeyId = (
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_NAME) + '.' + QUOTENAME(cd.COLUMN_NAME))
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE cd
join INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS tc ON tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = cd.CONSTRAINT_NAME
WHERE
QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(cd.TABLE_NAME) = #TableName
AND tc.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY'
)
END
WHILE (#TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (#ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(#TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(#TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar', 'int', 'decimal')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > #ColumnName
)
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
IF #PrimaryKeyId IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + #ColumnName + ', 3630), LEFT(' + #PrimaryKeyId + ', 3630), ''' + #PrimaryColumnName +'''
FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
)
END
ELSE
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + #ColumnName + ', 3630), NULL, ''' + #PrimaryColumnName +'''
FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
END
SELECT * FROM #Results
And this is able to get
ColumnName | ColumnValue | PrimaryKeyId | PrimaryColumnName
I not sure why I'm losing context at FROM #TableName at line 36. I got this code of stack and am trying to change it to output to the screen and not a table. SQL Server Management Studio does not know the variable but does knows that same variable from the line just above it.
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256),
#ColumnName nvarchar(128),
#SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
SET #TableName = ''
SET #SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%28217965%','''')
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = ''
SET #TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped') = 0)
WHILE (#TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (#ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(#TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(#TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > #ColumnName
)
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SELECT #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName, LEFT( #ColumnName, 3630)
FROM #TableName
WHERE #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
END
END
END
SELECT #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName, LEFT( #ColumnName, 3630)
FROM #TableName
WHERE #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
This is not valid T-SQL. #TableName is a scalar variable, not a table variable. You can't use variable table names like this. You'd have to use dynamic SQL to accomplish what you're trying. Take a look at the EXEC() statement.
Try something like:
DECLARE #SQL VARCHAR(MAX);
....
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SELECT #SQL = 'SELECT ' + #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName + ', LEFT(' +
#ColumnName + ', 3630) FROM ' + #TableName + ' WHERE ' + #ColumnName +
' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2;
EXEC(#SQL);
END
....
I have been using this bit of code
CREATE PROC SearchAllTables
(
#SearchStr nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE #Results (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256), #ColumnName nvarchar(128), #SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
SET #TableName = ''
SET #SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + #SearchStr + '%','''')
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = ''
SET #TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped'
) = 0
)
WHILE (#TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (#ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(#TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(#TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > #ColumnName
)
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + #ColumnName + ', 3630)
FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #Results
END
It does return, the tables and columns that I’m looking for but I am wanting it to return the whole row, more like a “SELECT *, FROM *, WHERE * = ‘string’”, so the output would be a list of tables with all the information in the row
I have modified the original Stored Procedure 'SearchAllTables'. The given SP returns all the matching rows for searching into all the columns with the given search string.
CREATE PROC SearchAllTables
(
#SearchStr nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE #Results (TableName nvarchar(256), ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256), #ColumnName nvarchar(128), #SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
SET #TableName = ''
SET #SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + #SearchStr + '%','''')
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = ''
SET #TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped'
) = 0
)
WHILE (#TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (#ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(#TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(#TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > #ColumnName
)
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + #TableName + ''',''' + #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + #ColumnName + ', 3630)
FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
DECLARE #query NVARCHAR(MAX) = ''
SELECT #query = #query + 'SELECT * FROM ' + TableName + ' WHERE ' + LEFT(StuffedCols, LEN(StuffedCols) - 3) + '; ' FROM
(
SELECT TableName, stuff(
(
SELECT ' ( ' + ColumnName + ' like ''%' + ColumnValue + '%'' ) OR '
FROM #Results WHERE TableName = t.TableName
FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE
).value('.','NVARCHAR(MAX)'),
1, 1, ''
) as StuffedCols FROM (SELECT DISTINCT TableName FROM #Results ) t
) E
Exec( #query)
END
GO
We received an MSSQL database with many tables and fields which we need to clean. One of the things we need to do is remove all quotes (chr(34) and chr(39)) from any text fields.
Looking for a way to do this automatically instead of manually.
A non-set based approach:
The below sproc basically does what you need.
It uses nested WHILE loops
the parent WHILE loop gets all user defined tables
the nested WHILE loop goes through all char-based columns (which you
can modify). Then it uses dynamic SQL to update with new string.
For many tables and large sized tables, this would obviously take quite a while to complete. I am sure this can be optimized better.
If anyone can find a set-based approach, that would be something.
Source & Courtesy: Vyaskn
CREATE PROC SearchAndReplace
(
#SearchStr nvarchar(100),
#ReplaceStr nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256), #ColumnName nvarchar(128), #SearchStr2 nvarchar(110), #SQL nvarchar(4000), #RCTR int
SET #TableName = ''
SET #SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + #SearchStr + '%','''')
SET #RCTR = 0
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = ''
SET #TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped'
) = 0
)
WHILE (#TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (#ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(#TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(#TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > #ColumnName
)
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #SQL= 'UPDATE ' + #TableName +
' SET ' + #ColumnName
+ ' = REPLACE(' + #ColumnName + ', '
+ QUOTENAME(#SearchStr, '''') + ', ' + QUOTENAME(#ReplaceStr, '''') +
') WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
EXEC (#SQL)
SET #RCTR = #RCTR + ##ROWCOUNT
END
END
END
SELECT 'Replaced ' + CAST(#RCTR AS varchar) + ' occurence(s)' AS 'Outcome'
END
if you are replacing an Unicode character use the following code:
CREATE PROC SearchAndReplace
(
#SearchStr nvarchar(100),
#ReplaceStr nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256), #ColumnName nvarchar(128), #SearchStr2 nvarchar(110), #SQL nvarchar(4000), #RCTR int
SET #TableName = ''
SET #SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + #SearchStr + '%','''')
SET #RCTR = 0
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = ''
SET #TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped'
) = 0
)
WHILE (#TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (#ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(#TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(#TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > #ColumnName
)
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #SQL= 'UPDATE ' + #TableName +
' SET ' + #ColumnName
+ ' = REPLACE(' + #ColumnName + ', N'
+ QUOTENAME(#SearchStr, '''') + ', N' + QUOTENAME(#ReplaceStr, '''') +
') WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE N' + #SearchStr2
EXEC (#SQL)
SET #RCTR = #RCTR + ##ROWCOUNT
END
END
END
SELECT 'Replaced ' + CAST(#RCTR AS varchar) + ' occurence(s)' AS 'Outcome'
END
This question already has answers here:
Find a value anywhere in a database
(18 answers)
Closed 10 years ago.
I have a specific value, let's say string 'comments'. I need to find all instances of this in the database as I need to do an update on the format to change it to (*) Comments.
How can I do this? The database is in SQL Server 2000 format.
I've just updated my blog post to correct the error in the script that you were having Jeff, you can see the updated script here: Search all fields in SQL Server Database
As requested, here's the script in case you want it but I'd recommend reviewing the blog post as I do update it from time to time
DECLARE #SearchStr nvarchar(100)
SET #SearchStr = '## YOUR STRING HERE ##'
-- Copyright © 2002 Narayana Vyas Kondreddi. All rights reserved.
-- Purpose: To search all columns of all tables for a given search string
-- Written by: Narayana Vyas Kondreddi
-- Site: http://vyaskn.tripod.com
-- Updated and tested by Tim Gaunt
-- http://www.thesitedoctor.co.uk
-- http://blogs.thesitedoctor.co.uk/tim/2010/02/19/Search+Every+Table+And+Field+In+A+SQL+Server+Database+Updated.aspx
-- Tested on: SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2010
-- Date modified: 03rd March 2011 19:00 GMT
CREATE TABLE #Results (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256), #ColumnName nvarchar(128), #SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
SET #TableName = ''
SET #SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + #SearchStr + '%','''')
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = ''
SET #TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(
QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
), 'IsMSShipped'
) = 0
)
WHILE (#TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (#ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(#TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(#TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar', 'int', 'decimal')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > #ColumnName
)
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + #ColumnName + ', 3630) FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #Results
DROP TABLE #Results
I published one here: FullParam SQL Blog
/* Reto Egeter, fullparam.wordpress.com */
DECLARE #SearchStrTableName nvarchar(255), #SearchStrColumnName nvarchar(255), #SearchStrColumnValue nvarchar(255), #SearchStrInXML bit, #FullRowResult bit, #FullRowResultRows int
SET #SearchStrColumnValue = '%searchthis%' /* use LIKE syntax */
SET #FullRowResult = 1
SET #FullRowResultRows = 3
SET #SearchStrTableName = NULL /* NULL for all tables, uses LIKE syntax */
SET #SearchStrColumnName = NULL /* NULL for all columns, uses LIKE syntax */
SET #SearchStrInXML = 0 /* Searching XML data may be slow */
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Results') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #Results
CREATE TABLE #Results (TableName nvarchar(128), ColumnName nvarchar(128), ColumnValue nvarchar(max),ColumnType nvarchar(20))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256) = '',#ColumnName nvarchar(128),#ColumnType nvarchar(20), #QuotedSearchStrColumnValue nvarchar(110), #QuotedSearchStrColumnName nvarchar(110)
SET #QuotedSearchStrColumnValue = QUOTENAME(#SearchStrColumnValue,'''')
DECLARE #ColumnNameTable TABLE (COLUMN_NAME nvarchar(128),DATA_TYPE nvarchar(20))
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND TABLE_NAME LIKE COALESCE(#SearchStrTableName,TABLE_NAME)
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)), 'IsMSShipped') = 0
)
IF #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
DECLARE #sql VARCHAR(MAX)
SET #sql = 'SELECT QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME),DATA_TYPE
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(''' + #TableName + ''', 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(''' + #TableName + ''', 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN (' + CASE WHEN ISNUMERIC(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(#SearchStrColumnValue,'%',''),'_',''),'[',''),']',''),'-','')) = 1 THEN '''tinyint'',''int'',''smallint'',''bigint'',''numeric'',''decimal'',''smallmoney'',''money'',' ELSE '' END + '''char'',''varchar'',''nchar'',''nvarchar'',''timestamp'',''uniqueidentifier''' + CASE #SearchStrInXML WHEN 1 THEN ',''xml''' ELSE '' END + ')
AND COLUMN_NAME LIKE COALESCE(' + CASE WHEN #SearchStrColumnName IS NULL THEN 'NULL' ELSE '''' + #SearchStrColumnName + '''' END + ',COLUMN_NAME)'
INSERT INTO #ColumnNameTable
EXEC (#sql)
WHILE EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 COLUMN_NAME FROM #ColumnNameTable)
BEGIN
PRINT #ColumnName
SELECT TOP 1 #ColumnName = COLUMN_NAME,#ColumnType = DATA_TYPE FROM #ColumnNameTable
SET #sql = 'SELECT ''' + #TableName + ''',''' + #ColumnName + ''',' + CASE #ColumnType WHEN 'xml' THEN 'LEFT(CAST(' + #ColumnName + ' AS nvarchar(MAX)), 4096),'''
WHEN 'timestamp' THEN 'master.dbo.fn_varbintohexstr('+ #ColumnName + '),'''
ELSE 'LEFT(' + #ColumnName + ', 4096),''' END + #ColumnType + '''
FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + CASE #ColumnType WHEN 'xml' THEN 'CAST(' + #ColumnName + ' AS nvarchar(MAX))'
WHEN 'timestamp' THEN 'master.dbo.fn_varbintohexstr('+ #ColumnName + ')'
ELSE #ColumnName END + ' LIKE ' + #QuotedSearchStrColumnValue
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC(#sql)
IF ##ROWCOUNT > 0 IF #FullRowResult = 1
BEGIN
SET #sql = 'SELECT TOP ' + CAST(#FullRowResultRows AS VARCHAR(3)) + ' ''' + #TableName + ''' AS [TableFound],''' + #ColumnName + ''' AS [ColumnFound],''FullRow>'' AS [FullRow>],*' +
' FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + CASE #ColumnType WHEN 'xml' THEN 'CAST(' + #ColumnName + ' AS nvarchar(MAX))'
WHEN 'timestamp' THEN 'master.dbo.fn_varbintohexstr('+ #ColumnName + ')'
ELSE #ColumnName END + ' LIKE ' + #QuotedSearchStrColumnValue
EXEC(#sql)
END
DELETE FROM #ColumnNameTable WHERE COLUMN_NAME = #ColumnName
END
END
END
SET NOCOUNT OFF
SELECT TableName, ColumnName, ColumnValue, ColumnType, COUNT(*) AS Count FROM #Results
GROUP BY TableName, ColumnName, ColumnValue, ColumnType
You could query the sys.tables database view to get out the names of the tables, and then use this query to build yourself another query to do the update on the back of that. For instance:
select 'select * from '+name from sys.tables
will give you a script that will run a select * against all the tables in the system catalog, you could alter the string in the select clause to do your update, as long as you know the column name is the same on all the tables you wish to update, so your script would look something like:
select 'update '+name+' set comments = ''(*)''+comments where comments like ''%comment to be updated%'' ' from sys.tables
You could also then predicate on the tables query to only include tables that have a name in a certain format, or are in a subset you want to create the update script for.
The below Query works but very slow... copied from vyaskn.tripod.com
Declare #SearchStr nvarchar(100)
SET #SearchStr='Search String' BEGIN
CREATE TABLE #Results (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #TableName nvarchar(256), #ColumnName nvarchar(128),
#SearchStr2 nvarchar(110) SET #TableName = '' SET #SearchStr2 =
QUOTENAME('%' + #SearchStr + '%','''')
WHILE #TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = ''
SET #TableName = (
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' +
QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE
TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > #TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(
OBJECT_ID(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)),
'IsMSShipped') = 0)
WHILE (#TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (#ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET #ColumnName = (
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(#TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(#TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > #ColumnName)
IF #ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + #TableName + '.' + #ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + #ColumnName +
', 3630) FROM ' + #TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + #ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + #SearchStr2
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #Results END