Its there a Way to find out
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Hi everyone...
Is there a way to search in the DATABASE to find out where the specific data is .. i mean in which table.column in a database...
going through by each table is time consuming...
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I don't know if I understand your question properly. Are you asking if there is a way to see all the columns in a database?
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No i mean all the data in each table.column...
Here is the situation .. i migrated my database from old domain to new domain and it migrated successfully but the data in that database has the old domain name attached with that database so i need to find out where that data is so i can change the name in the data..
e.g.
Old servername.database name i want to change the data to new name
new server.database
we have few columns like that which runs like that so i have to change to new server name in order to work them properly
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Something like this?
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This topic pops up around here a lot. Both Lowell and I have posted scripts over the years for doing this. A few months ago Chris M came along with a newer concept of doing this that doesn't require the hideously slow performance issues with a cursor (like the idea presented in the article above and the versions that both Lowell and I wrote years ago).
The code Chris posted was looking a series of values but this can easily be modified to search for only a single value.
DECLARE @MySearchCriteria VARCHAR(500)
SET @MySearchCriteria = '''RO04381'',''RO04052'',''RO04210'''
SELECT 'SELECT ' + c.columnlist + ' FROM ' + t.name + ' WHERE ' + w.whereclause
FROM sys.tables t
CROSS APPLY (
SELECT STUFF((
SELECT ', ' + c.Name AS [text()]
FROM sys.columns c
WHERE t.object_id = c.object_id
AND c.collation_name IS NOT NULL
AND c.max_length > 6
FOR XML PATH('')
), 1, 2, '' )
) c (columnlist)
CROSS APPLY (
SELECT STUFF((
SELECT ' OR ' + c.Name + ' IN (' + @MySearchCriteria + ')' AS [text()]
FROM sys.columns c
WHERE t.object_id = c.object_id
AND c.collation_name IS NOT NULL
AND c.max_length > 6
FOR XML PATH('')
), 1, 4, '' )
) w (whereclause)
ORDER BY t.name
If you want to compare this to the cursor type searching you can look at my version.
declare @table_name varchar(2000)
declare @sSQL nvarchar(4000)
declare @result varchar(20)
declare @column_name varchar(2000)
declare @SearchVal varchar(200)
set @SearchVal = '%your search val here%'
declare @ColName varchar (250)
set @ColName = '%use this if you want to limit to a naming convention on the columns to search (i.e. email)%'
declare SearchList cursor for
select distinct so.name,sc.name from syscolumns sc
inner join sysobjects so on sc.id = so.id
where 1 = 1
and sc.name like @ColName
and so.type = 'U'
open SearchList
fetch next from SearchList into @table_name, @column_name
while(@@fetch_status = 0)
begin
select @sSQL = 'if exists (select ''' + @table_name + ''' as TableName,' + @column_name + ' from ' + @table_name + ' where ' + @column_name + ' like ''' + @SearchVal + ''') select ''' + @table_name + ''' as TableName,' + @column_name + ' from ' + @table_name + ' where ' + @column_name + ' like ''' + @SearchVal + ''''
exec sp_executesql @sSQL
--select @ssql
fetch next from SearchList into @table_name, @column_name
end
close SearchList
deallocate SearchList
Or you can look at Lowell's version.
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_UGLYSEARCH
/*
--Purpose: to search every string column in a databasefor a specific word
--returns sql statement as a string which idnetifies the matching table
-- or when the optional parameter is used, the sql statement for the specific matching column.
--usage:
-- EXEC sp_UGLYSEARCH 'Provisional'
-- EXEC sp_UGLYSEARCH 'TEST'
-- creates one SQL for each table that actually has a match for the searched value i.e.
-- SELECT * FROM [ACACTSCR] WHERE [DESCRIP] LIKE '%TEST%' OR [TITLE] LIKE '%TEST%'
--optional parameter SEARCHBYCOLUMN
-- EXEC sp_UGLYSEARCH 'TEST',1
-- creates one SQL for each Column that actually has a match for the searched value i.e.
-- SELECT * FROM [dbo].[ACACTSCR] WHERE [DESCRIP] LIKE '%TEST%'
-- SELECT * FROM [dbo].[ACACTSCR] WHERE [TITLE] LIKE '%TEST%'
*/
@SEARCHSTRING VARCHAR(50),
@SEARCHBYCOLUMN INT = 0
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(max),
@SCHEMANAME VARCHAR(100),
@TABLENAME VARCHAR(100),
@COLUMNNAME VARCHAR(100),
@COLZ VARCHAR(max)
CREATE TABLE #RESULTS(SCHEMANAME VARCHAR(100), TBLNAME VARCHAR(100),COLNAME VARCHAR(100),SQL VARCHAR(max))
SELECT
SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS SCHEMANAME,
objz.name AS TBLNAME,
colz.name AS COLNAME,
TYPE_NAME(colz.user_type_id) AS DATATYPE
INTO #TEMP
FROM sys.objects objz
INNER JOIN sys.columns colz ON objz.object_id = colz.object_id
WHERE objz.type='U'
AND TYPE_NAME(colz.user_type_id) IN ('VARCHAR','NVARCHAR','CHAR','NCHAR')
AND colz.max_length >= LEN(@SEARCHSTRING) --smart: don't search varchar(1) columns for 'TEST' 4xmpl
ORDER BY TBLNAME,COLNAME
IF @SEARCHBYCOLUMN = 0
BEGIN
DECLARE C1 CURSOR FOR
SELECT SCHEMANAME,TBLNAME,COLNAME FROM #TEMP ORDER BY SCHEMANAME,TBLNAME,COLNAME
OPEN C1
FETCH NEXT FROM C1 INTO @SCHEMANAME,@TABLENAME,@COLUMNNAME
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS <> -1
BEGIN
SET @COLZ=''
SELECT @COLZ = @COLZ + QUOTENAME(COLNAME) + ' LIKE ''%' + @SEARCHSTRING + '%'' OR ' FROM #TEMP WHERE TBLNAME=@TABLENAME
--@COLZ has a trailing 'OR ' which must be removed
SET @COLZ = SUBSTRING(@COLZ,1,LEN(@COLZ) -3)
--PRINT @COLZ
SET @sql = 'IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM ' + QUOTENAME(@SCHEMANAME) + '.' + QUOTENAME(@TABLENAME) + ' WHERE ' + @COLZ + ') INSERT INTO #RESULTS(TBLNAME,COLNAME,SQL) VALUES(''' + @TABLENAME + ''',''-'','' SELECT * FROM ' + QUOTENAME(@TABLENAME) + ' WHERE ' + REPLACE(@COLZ,'''','''''') + ''') ;'
--PRINT @sql
EXEC (@SQL)
FETCH NEXT FROM C1 INTO @SCHEMANAME,@TABLENAME,@COLUMNNAME
END
CLOSE C1
DEALLOCATE C1
END
ELSE --@SEARCHBYCOLUMN <> 0
BEGIN
DECLARE C2 CURSOR FOR
SELECT SCHEMANAME,TBLNAME,COLNAME FROM #TEMP ORDER BY SCHEMANAME,TBLNAME,COLNAME
OPEN C2
FETCH NEXT FROM C2 INTO @SCHEMANAME,@TABLENAME,@COLUMNNAME
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS <> -1
BEGIN
SET @sql = 'IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM ' + QUOTENAME(@SCHEMANAME) + '.' + QUOTENAME(@TABLENAME) + ' WHERE ' + QUOTENAME(@COLUMNNAME) + ' LIKE ''%' + @SEARCHSTRING + '%'')
INSERT INTO #RESULTS(SCHEMANAME,TBLNAME,COLNAME,SQL) VALUES(''' + @SCHEMANAME + ''',''' + @TABLENAME + ''',''' + @COLUMNNAME + ''',''
SELECT * FROM ' + QUOTENAME(@SCHEMANAME) + '.' + QUOTENAME(@TABLENAME) + ' WHERE ' + QUOTENAME(@COLUMNNAME) + ' LIKE ''''%' + @SEARCHSTRING + '%'''' '') ;'
PRINT @sql
EXEC (@SQL)
FETCH NEXT FROM C2 INTO @SCHEMANAME,@TABLENAME,@COLUMNNAME
END
CLOSE C2
DEALLOCATE C2
END --@SEARCHBYCOLUMN <> 0
SELECT * FROM #RESULTS ORDER BY TBLNAME,COLNAME
END --PROC
GO
SELECT * FROM #RESULTS ORDER BY TBLNAME,COLNAME
END --PROC
GO
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Here is the one I like using. Written by SQLDenis, it helped me quite a bit when I needed to write migration routines between two systems.
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