Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Get matching text from any table with column name

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CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_FindStringInTable]
(
@stringToFind VARCHAR(100),
@table sysname,
@type varchar(100),
@columnTypeName varchar(100)
)
AS
DECLARE @take INT
DECLARE @sqlCommand VARCHAR(8000)
DECLARE @where VARCHAR(8000)
DECLARE @columnName sysname
DECLARE @cursor VARCHAR(8000)
DECLARE @whereColumn VARCHAR(100)
IF(LEN(@type)<=0)
BEGIN
SET @type=NULL
END
IF(LEN(@columnTypeName)<=0)
BEGIN
SET @columnTypeName=NULL
END

BEGIN TRY
   SET @sqlCommand = 'SELECT * FROM [' + @table + '] WHERE'
   SET @where = ''
   SET @whereColumn=''  
   SET @cursor = 'DECLARE col_cursor CURSOR FOR SELECT COLUMN_NAME
   FROM ' + DB_NAME() + '.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE  
    TABLE_NAME = ''' + @table + '''
   AND DATA_TYPE IN (''char'',''nchar'',''ntext'',''nvarchar'',''text'',''varchar'')'  

   EXEC (@cursor)

   OPEN col_cursor  
   FETCH NEXT FROM col_cursor INTO @columnName  

   WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0  
   BEGIN  
       IF @where <> ''
           SET @where = @where + ' OR'

       SET @where = @where + ' [' + @columnName + '] LIKE ''%' + @stringToFind + '%'''
IF(LEN(@columnTypeName)>0)
  BEGIN
SET @where=@where+' AND '+@columnTypeName+'='+COALESCE(@type,'[type_id]')+''
   END
  PRINT @where
       FETCH NEXT FROM col_cursor INTO @columnName  
   END  

   CLOSE col_cursor  
   DEALLOCATE col_cursor

   SET @sqlCommand = @sqlCommand + @where --+@whereColumn
   PRINT @sqlCommand
   EXEC (@sqlCommand)
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
   PRINT 'There was an error. Check to make sure object exists.'
   PRINT error_message()
   
   IF CURSOR_STATUS('variable', 'col_cursor') <> -3
   BEGIN
       CLOSE col_cursor  
       DEALLOCATE col_cursor
   END
END CATCH