Search for any column in any table that has a specific value where the column is a specific data type
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | DECLARE @SearchGUID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER = 'BF3CBDB9-39A9-487D-8754-FC4120E4D993'; DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(MAX) = ''; -- Generate search queries for each table/column SELECT @SQL = @SQL + 'SELECT ''' + TABLE_SCHEMA + '.' + TABLE_NAME + ''' AS TableName, ' + QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) + ' ' + 'FROM ' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) + ' WHERE ' + QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) + ' = ''' + CAST(@SearchGUID AS NVARCHAR(36)) + '''; ' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE DATA_TYPE = 'uniqueidentifier'; -- Execute the dynamic SQL PRINT @SQL; -- Uncomment this line if you want to debug and see the generated SQL EXEC sp_executesql @SQL; |