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Robert Michael Cary

Posted Sunday, September 23, 2007 9:09 PM

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ShrikrishnaG

Posted Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:47 AM

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The actual post is Ok for the tables which are of One word for others below is the modified query.

DECLARE @searchSQL AS VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @SearchItem AS VARCHAR(MAX) ; SET @SearchItem = '%Davolio%'

SELECT @searchSQL = COALESCE(@searchSQL + '+ CAST(COALESCE(MIN(CASE WHEN IC.Ordinal_position = ' +
CAST(Ordinal_position AS VARCHAR(MAX)) +
' THEN '' OR '' + IC.Column_Name + '' LIKE ''''' + @SearchItem + ''''''' END), '''') AS NVARCHAR(max))' +
CHAR(13), 'CAST(COALESCE(MIN(CASE WHEN IC.Ordinal_position = ' +
CAST(Ordinal_position AS VARCHAR(MAX)) +
' THEN IC.Column_Name + '' LIKE ''''' + @SearchItem + ''''''' END), '''') AS NVARCHAR(max))' + CHAR(13))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns
GROUP BY Ordinal_Position
ORDER BY Ordinal_Position

EXEC('SELECT REPLACE(Query, ''WHERE OR'', ''WHERE'') FROM
(SELECT ''SELECT '''''' + CAST(TABLE_NAME AS VARCHAR(MAX)) + '''''' as tbl, * FROM ['' +
CAST(TABLE_SCHEMA AS VARCHAR(MAX)) + '']. ['' + CAST(TABLE_NAME AS VARCHAR(MAX)) + ''] WHERE '' + ' + @searchSQL + ' AS query
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns IC
WHERE DATA_TYPE IN (''char'', ''varchar'', ''nchar'', ''nvarchar'')
GROUP BY TABLE_NAME, TABLE_SCHEMA) S')

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