Hi,There was a requirement to search for a text in the whole SQL database. found this Stored procedure very useful. though it is worth sharing...Resource: http://vyaskn.tripod.com/search_all_columns_in_all_tables.htm-- SearchAllTables ''
CREATE PROC SearchAllTables
(
      @SearchStr nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN
 
      CREATE TABLE #Results (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))
 
      SET NOCOUNT ON
 
      DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(256), @ColumnName nvarchar(128), @SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
      SET  @TableName = ''
      SET @SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + @SearchStr + '%','''')
 
      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 ' + @SearchStr2
                        )
                  END
            END   
      END
 
      SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #Results
END