2018-05-01 (first published: 2018-04-20)
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Script to Find String in Database object
Script that searches every object in a database for a specific string.
2016-06-20 (first published: 2016-05-02)
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Searching for Strings in SQL Server Databases
Sometimes, you just want to do a search in a SQL Server database as if you were using a search engine like Google. Besides the obvious Full-Text search, Phil Factor describes some of the techniques for finding that pesky data that resists the normal SELECT blandishments.
2014-05-01
8,755 reads
Search Table And Field In All Database And Return Field Value
In this script, we can search a Field and Table in all databases on the server, returning the Field value.
2013-11-15
165 reads
Search for String in all columns
Find all columns containing a string value across all tables and schemas.
2012-11-07 (first published: 2012-10-12)
2,080 reads
sp_Find2
Searches database for up to 4 keywords. It will search through SPs, UDFs, Triggers, SSIS packages, jobs, table names, and column names.
2012-05-10 (first published: 2012-04-18)
2,188 reads
Searching through SPs, Tables, Views
Find quickly all stored procedures, tables and views that are somehow related to the search term.
2011-02-09 (first published: 2011-01-28)
2,743 reads
A Search and Replace Script when Moving Objects from Prod to Test
Recently Ben Kubicek created a script that would allow him to copy his production db to a test instance and correct the production specific SQL code in stored procedures and views.
2010-02-03
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2010-02-15 (first published: 2010-01-18)
23,362 reads
Search in your T-SQL objects
This procedure searches for your criteria not only in code, but also in objectnames
2009-11-16 (first published: 2009-10-20)
1,090 reads
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