Stored proc SearchAllTables

To search all columns of all tables for a given search string. Refer to Narayana Vyas Kondreddi site

Usage (after creation script):

EXEC SearchAllTables '\\server'

Script:

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[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