T-SQL: Search all tables in database to find a fieldname
Posted: 11/14/2017 2:55:29 PMBy: PrintableKanjiEmblem
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If you need to search all tables in a SQL Server database to find any tables that have a certain field name, this script comes in really handy.
Run this on the database you are searching...
DECLARE @FieldName varchar(64) SET @FieldName = 'fieldname' -- Set this to the name of the field you are looking for.
SELECT t.name AS table_name, SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS schema_name, c.name AS column_name FROM sys.tables AS t INNER JOIN sys.columns c ON t.OBJECT_ID = c.OBJECT_ID WHERE c.name LIKE '%' + @fieldName + '%' ORDER BY schema_name, table_name;
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By: PrintableKanjiEmblem
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T-SQL: Search all procs in database
Posted: 4/7/2021 4:23:32 PMBy: PrintableKanjiEmblem
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This isn't as "pretty" as the "Search all tables" from the parent message, but it does work:
SELECT *
FROM sys.sql_modules
WHERE definition LIKE '%SearchTerm%'
Also, if you're doing a lot of searching, there's a free plugin for SSMS from RedGate called SQL Search that's completely free and does even better than both of these techniques.
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