Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Search all columns of all tables in a MS CRM 2011 database for a keyword.


Here is the complete stored procedure code:
CREATE PROC SearchKeywordInAllCRMTables
(
@SearchKeyword nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN

CREATE TABLE #SearchResults (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(256), @ColumnName nvarchar(128), @TempKeyword nvarchar(110)


SET @TableName = ''
SET @TempKeyword = QUOTENAME('%' + @SearchKeyword + '%','''')
WHILE @TableName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
SET @ColumnName = ''
SET @TableName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
AND QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) > @TableName
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID(QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)), 'IsMSShipped') = 0
)
WHILE (@TableName IS NOT NULL) AND (@ColumnName IS NOT NULL)
BEGIN
SET @ColumnName =
(
SELECT MIN(QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME))
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = PARSENAME(@TableName, 2)
AND TABLE_NAME = PARSENAME(@TableName, 1)
AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar')
AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > @ColumnName
)
IF @ColumnName IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Results
EXEC
(
'SELECT ''' + @TableName + '.' + @ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 3630)
FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
' WHERE ' + @ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + @TempKeyword
)
END
END
END
SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #SearchResults
END


Create this procedure in the target database:
1)      Login into SQL Management studio
2)      Select target database
3)      New Query
4)      Run procedure script (press F5)


To use saved procedure just press New Query and run SearchKeywordInAllCRMTables:

EXEC SearchKeywordInAllCRMTables 'ObjectId'
GO

Results:

1 comment:

  1. I think INSERT INTO #Results needs to be INSERT INTO #SearchResults

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