Copy and Paste the script in SSMS
Create the Procedure in your desired database
Run the procedure:
--EXEC Usp_findstring 'Write your input search string here', 'Search string'
Copy and Paste the script in SSMS
Create the Procedure in your desired database
Run the procedure:
--EXEC Usp_findstring 'Write your input search string here', 'Search string'
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE type = 'P' AND name = 'Usp_findstring') DROP PROCEDURE Usp_findstring GO CREATE PROC Usp_findstring (@INPUTSTRING VARCHAR(max), @SEARCHSTRING VARCHAR(500)) AS BEGIN DECLARE @OCCURENCES AS INT, @POSITION AS INT, @RETURNVALUE INT SET @OCCURENCES = 0 SET @POSITION = 0 WHILE @POSITION 0 BEGIN SET @OCCURENCES = @OCCURENCES + 1 SET @POSITION = Charindex(@SEARCHSTRING, @INPUTSTRING, @POSITION ) PRINT 'POSITION OF THE SEARCH STRING >> "' + @SEARCHSTRING + '" IS AT :' + Cast(@POSITION AS VARCHAR(200)) + Char(13) + Char(10) END SET @POSITION = @POSITION + 1 END SET @RETURNVALUE = @OCCURENCES IF @RETURNVALUE > 0 AND @RETURNVALUE > ' + Cast(@RETURNVALUE AS VARCHAR(200)) + ' TIME' PRINT '**** END OF SEARCH ***' + Char(10) END ELSE IF @RETURNVALUE > 1 BEGIN PRINT 'THE SEARCHED STRING APPEARED >> ' + Cast(@RETURNVALUE AS VARCHAR(200)) + ' TIMES' PRINT '**** END OF SEARCH ***' + Char(10) END ELSE BEGIN PRINT 'search string : "' + @SEARCHSTRING + '" is not found' PRINT '**** END OF SEARCH ***' + Char(10) END END