到目前为止，我发现的最好和最通用的解决方案是通过管道将db的转储传递给您正在搜索的grep。

例如，Mysql:

mysqldump -pPASSWORD database | grep 'search phrase'

或者如果你得到了太多的结果，你可以把它们输出到一个文件:

mysqldump -pPASSWORD database | grep 'search phrase' > results.txt

非常感谢这个有用的脚本。

如果你的表有不可转换的字段，你可能需要在代码中添加以下修改:

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 NOT IN ('text', 'image', 'ntext')                 
            AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > @ColumnName
    )

克里斯

使用JOIN和CURSOR的另一种方法:

USE My_Database;

-- Store results in a local temp table so that.  I'm using a
-- local temp table so that I can access it in SP_EXECUTESQL.
create table #tmp (
    tbl nvarchar(max),
    col nvarchar(max),
    val nvarchar(max)   
);

declare @tbl nvarchar(max);
declare @col nvarchar(max);
declare @q nvarchar(max);
declare @search nvarchar(max) = 'my search key';

-- Create a cursor on all columns in the database
declare c cursor for
SELECT tbls.TABLE_NAME, cols.COLUMN_NAME  FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES AS tbls
JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS AS cols
ON tbls.TABLE_NAME = cols.TABLE_NAME

-- For each table and column pair, see if the search value exists.
open c
fetch next from c into @tbl, @col
while @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
begin
    -- Look for the search key in current table column and if found add it to the results.
    SET @q = 'INSERT INTO #tmp SELECT ''' + @tbl + ''', ''' + @col + ''', ' + @col + ' FROM ' + @tbl + ' WHERE ' + @col + ' LIKE ''%' + @search + '%'''
    EXEC SP_EXECUTESQL @q
    fetch next from c into @tbl, @col
end
close c
deallocate c

-- Get results
select * from #tmp

-- Remove local temp table.
drop table #tmp

我优化了Allain Lalonde的答案(https://stackoverflow.com/a/436676/412368)。 仍然支持数值。应该大约快4-5倍(1:03 vs 4:30)，在带有7GB数据库的桌面上测试。http://developer.azurewebsites.net/2015/01/mssql-searchalltables/

IF OBJECT_ID ('dbo.SearchAllTables', 'P') IS NOT NULL 
    DROP PROCEDURE dbo.SearchAllTables;
GO

CREATE PROC SearchAllTables 
(
    @SearchStr nvarchar(100)
)
AS
BEGIN

-- Copyright © 2002 Narayana Vyas Kondreddi. All rights reserved.
-- Purpose: To search all columns of all tables for a given search string
-- Written by: Narayana Vyas Kondreddi
-- Site: http://vyaskn.tripod.com
-- Customized and modified: 2014-01-21
-- Tested on: SQL Server 2008 R2

DECLARE @Results TABLE(ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))

SET NOCOUNT ON

DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(256)
DECLARE @ColumnName nvarchar(128)
DECLARE @DataType nvarchar(128)

DECLARE @SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)
DECLARE @SearchDecimal decimal(38,19)
DECLARE @Query nvarchar(4000)
SET @SearchStr2 = QUOTENAME('%' + @SearchStr + '%', '''')
SET @SearchDecimal = CASE WHEN ISNUMERIC(@SearchStr) = 1 THEN CONVERT(decimal(38,19), @SearchStr) ELSE NULL END
PRINT '@SearchStr2: ' + @SearchStr2
PRINT '@SearchDecimal: ' + CAST(@SearchDecimal AS nvarchar)

SET @TableName = ''
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))
                    DATA_TYPE
            FROM    INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
            WHERE       TABLE_SCHEMA    = PARSENAME(@TableName, 2)
                AND TABLE_NAME  = PARSENAME(@TableName, 1)
                AND DATA_TYPE IN ('char', 'varchar', 'nchar', 'nvarchar',
                                  'int', 'bigint', 'tinyint', 'numeric', 'decimal')
                AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) > @ColumnName
        )
        SET @DataType =
        (
            SELECT DATA_TYPE
            FROM    INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
            WHERE       TABLE_SCHEMA    = PARSENAME(@TableName, 2)
                AND TABLE_NAME  = PARSENAME(@TableName, 1)
                AND QUOTENAME(COLUMN_NAME) = @ColumnName
        )
        PRINT @TableName + '.' + @ColumnName + ' (' + @DataType + ')'

        IF @ColumnName IS NOT NULL
        BEGIN
            IF @DataType IN ('int', 'bigint', 'tinyint', 'numeric', 'decimal')
            BEGIN
                IF @SearchDecimal IS NOT NULL
                BEGIN
                    SET @Query = 'SELECT ''' + @TableName + '.' + @ColumnName + ''', LEFT(CAST(' + @ColumnName + ' AS nvarchar(110)), 3630) ' +
                                 'FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
                                 ' WHERE ' + @ColumnName + ' = ' + CAST(@SearchDecimal AS nvarchar)
                    PRINT '    ' + @Query
                    INSERT INTO @Results
                    EXEC (@Query)
                END
            END
            ELSE
            BEGIN
                SET @Query = 'SELECT ''' + @TableName + '.' + @ColumnName + ''', LEFT(' + @ColumnName + ', 3630) ' +
                             'FROM ' + @TableName + ' (NOLOCK) ' +
                             ' WHERE ' + @ColumnName + ' LIKE ' + @SearchStr2
                PRINT '    ' + @Query
                INSERT INTO @Results
                EXEC (@Query)
            END
        END
    END 
END

SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM @Results
END

这是我对这个问题的独立看法，我用在我自己的工作中。它可以在SQL2000及更高版本中工作，允许通配符、列过滤，并搜索大多数常规数据类型。

伪代码描述可以选择* from *，其中任何类似'foo'的地方

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Search all columns in all tables in a database for a string.
-- Does not search: image, sql_variant or user-defined types.
-- Exact search always for money and smallmoney; no wildcards for matching these.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
declare @SearchTerm nvarchar(4000) -- Can be max for SQL2005+
declare @ColumnName sysname

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- SET THESE!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
set @SearchTerm = N'foo' -- Term to be searched for, wildcards okay
set @ColumnName = N'' -- Use to restrict the search to certain columns, wildcards okay, null or empty string for all cols
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- END SET
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

set nocount on

declare @TabCols table (
      id int not null primary key identity
    , table_schema sysname not null
    , table_name sysname not null
    , column_name sysname not null
    , data_type sysname not null
)
insert into @TabCols (table_schema, table_name, column_name, data_type)
    select t.TABLE_SCHEMA, c.TABLE_NAME, c.COLUMN_NAME, c.DATA_TYPE
    from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES t
        join INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS c on t.TABLE_SCHEMA = c.TABLE_SCHEMA
            and t.TABLE_NAME = c.TABLE_NAME
    where 1 = 1
        and t.TABLE_TYPE = 'base table'
        and c.DATA_TYPE not in ('image', 'sql_variant')
        and c.COLUMN_NAME like case when len(@ColumnName) > 0 then @ColumnName else '%' end
    order by c.TABLE_NAME, c.ORDINAL_POSITION

declare
      @table_schema sysname
    , @table_name sysname
    , @column_name sysname
    , @data_type sysname
    , @exists nvarchar(4000) -- Can be max for SQL2005+
    , @sql nvarchar(4000) -- Can be max for SQL2005+
    , @where nvarchar(4000) -- Can be max for SQL2005+
    , @run nvarchar(4000) -- Can be max for SQL2005+

while exists (select null from @TabCols) begin

    select top 1
          @table_schema = table_schema
        , @table_name = table_name
        , @exists = 'select null from [' + table_schema + '].[' + table_name + '] where 1 = 0'
        , @sql = 'select ''' + '[' + table_schema + '].[' + table_name + ']' + ''' as TABLE_NAME, * from [' + table_schema + '].[' + table_name + '] where 1 = 0'
        , @where = ''
    from @TabCols
    order by id

    while exists (select null from @TabCols where table_schema = @table_schema and table_name = @table_name) begin

        select top 1
              @column_name = column_name
            , @data_type = data_type
        from @TabCols
        where table_schema = @table_schema
            and table_name = @table_name
        order by id

        -- Special case for money
        if @data_type in ('money', 'smallmoney') begin
            if isnumeric(@SearchTerm) = 1 begin
                set @where = @where + ' or [' + @column_name + '] = cast(''' + @SearchTerm + ''' as ' + @data_type + ')' -- could also cast the column as varchar for wildcards
            end
        end
        -- Special case for xml
        else if @data_type = 'xml' begin
            set @where = @where + ' or cast([' + @column_name + '] as nvarchar(max)) like ''' + @SearchTerm + ''''
        end
        -- Special case for date
        else if @data_type in ('date', 'datetime', 'datetime2', 'datetimeoffset', 'smalldatetime', 'time') begin
            set @where = @where + ' or convert(nvarchar(50), [' + @column_name + '], 121) like ''' + @SearchTerm + ''''
        end
        -- Search all other types
        else begin
            set @where = @where + ' or [' + @column_name + '] like ''' + @SearchTerm + ''''
        end

        delete from @TabCols where table_schema = @table_schema and table_name = @table_name and column_name = @column_name

    end

    set @run = 'if exists(' + @exists + @where + ') begin ' + @sql + @where + ' print ''' + @table_name + ''' end'
    print @run
    exec sp_executesql @run

end

set nocount off

我没有把它放在proc形式中，因为我不想在数百个db中维护它，而且它实际上是用于临时工作的。请随意评论错误修复。

已经有很多可行的答案了。我只是想分享一个我写的有额外功能的。

--=======================================================================
--  MSSQL Unified Search
--  Minimum compatibility level = 130 (SQL Server 2016)
--      NOTE: The minimum compatibility level is required by the built-in STRING_SPLIT() function.
--          However, you can create the STRING_SPLIT() function at the bottom of this script for
--          lower versions of MSSQL Server.
--
--  Usage:
--      Set the parameters below and execute this script.
--
/************************ Enter Parameters Here ************************/
/**/
/**/    DECLARE @SearchString VARCHAR(1000) = 'string to search for';  -- Accepts SQL wilcards
/**/
/**/    DECLARE @IncludeUserTables BIT = 1;
/**/    DECLARE @IncludeViews BIT = 0;
/**/    DECLARE @IncludeStoredProcedures BIT = 0;
/**/    DECLARE @IncludeFunctions BIT = 0;
/**/    DECLARE @IncludeTriggers BIT = 0;
/**/
/**/    DECLARE @DebugMode BIT = 0;
/**/    DECLARE @ExcludeColumnTypes NVARCHAR(500) = 'text, ntext, char, nchar, timestamp, bigint, tinyint, smallint, bit, date, time, smalldatetime, datetime, datetime2, real, money, float, decimal, binary, varbinary, image';  -- Comma delimited list
/**/
/***********************************************************************/


SET NOCOUNT ON;
SET @SearchString = QUOTENAME(@SearchString,'''');

DECLARE @Results TABLE ([ObjectType] NVARCHAR(200), [ObjectName] NVARCHAR(200), [ColumnName] NVARCHAR(400), [Value] NVARCHAR(MAX), [SelectStatement] NVARCHAR(1000));
DECLARE @ExcludeColTypes TABLE (system_type_id INT);

INSERT INTO @ExcludeColTypes ([system_type_id])
    SELECT [system_type_id]
    FROM sys.types WHERE
    [name] IN (
        SELECT LTRIM(RTRIM([value])) FROM STRING_SPLIT(@ExcludeColumnTypes,',')
        );

DECLARE @ObjectType NVARCHAR(200);
DECLARE @ObjectName NVARCHAR(200);
DECLARE @Value NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE @SelectStatement NVARCHAR(1000);
DECLARE @Query NVARCHAR(4000);


/********************* Table Objects *********************/
IF (@IncludeUserTables = 1)
BEGIN
    DECLARE @TableObjectId INT = (SELECT MIN([object_id]) FROM sys.tables);
    DECLARE @ColumnId INT;
    WHILE @TableObjectId IS NOT NULL
    BEGIN
    
        SELECT @ObjectType = 'USER TABLE';
        SELECT @ObjectName = '[' + SCHEMA_NAME([schema_id]) + '].[' + OBJECT_NAME(@TableObjectId) + ']' FROM sys.tables WHERE [object_id] = @TableObjectId;

        SET @ColumnId = (SELECT MIN([column_id]) FROM sys.columns WHERE [system_type_id] NOT IN (SELECT [system_type_id] FROM @ExcludeColTypes) AND [object_id] = @TableObjectId);
        WHILE @ColumnId IS NOT NULL
        BEGIN

            SELECT @Value = '[' + [name] +']' FROM sys.columns WHERE [object_id] = @TableObjectId AND column_id = @ColumnId;

            SET @SelectStatement = 'SELECT * FROM ' + @ObjectName + ' WHERE CAST(' + @Value + ' AS NVARCHAR(4000)) LIKE ' + @SearchString + ';';

            SET @Query = 'SELECT '
                + QUOTENAME(@ObjectType, '''')
                + ', ' + QUOTENAME(@ObjectName, '''')
                + ', ' + QUOTENAME(@Value, '''')
                + ', ' + @Value
                + ', ''' + REPLACE(@SelectStatement,'''','''''') + ''''
                + ' FROM ' + @ObjectName
                + ' WHERE CAST(' + @Value + ' AS NVARCHAR(4000)) LIKE ' + @SearchString + ';';

            IF @DebugMode = 0
            BEGIN
                INSERT INTO @Results EXEC(@Query);
            END;
            ELSE
            BEGIN
                PRINT 'Select Statement:  ' + @SelectStatement;
                PRINT 'Query:  ' + @Query;
            END;

            SET @ColumnId = (SELECT MIN([column_id]) FROM sys.columns WHERE [system_type_id] NOT IN (SELECT [system_type_id] FROM @ExcludeColTypes) AND [object_id] = @TableObjectId AND [column_id] > @ColumnId);
        END;

        SET @TableObjectId = (SELECT MIN([object_id]) FROM sys.tables WHERE [object_id] > @TableObjectId);
    END;
END;

/********************* Objects Other than Tables *********************/
SET @Query = 'SELECT ' +
    'ObjectType = CASE ' +
        'WHEN b.[type] = ''V'' THEN ''VIEW'' ' +
        'WHEN b.[type] = ''P'' THEN ''STORED PROCEDURE'' ' +
        'WHEN b.[type] = ''FN'' THEN ''SCALAR-VALUED FUNCTION'' ' +
        'WHEN b.[type] = ''IF'' THEN ''TABLE-VALUED FUNCTION'' ' +
        'WHEN b.[type] = ''TR'' THEN ''TRIGGER'' ' +
    'END ' +
    ',[ObjectName] = ''['' + SCHEMA_NAME(b.[schema_id]) + ''].['' + OBJECT_NAME(a.[object_id]) + '']'' ' +
    ',[ColumnName] = NULL ' +
    ',[Value] = a.[definition] ' +
    ',[SelectStatement] = ''SP_HELPTEXT '' + QUOTENAME(''['' + SCHEMA_NAME(b.[schema_id]) + ''].['' + OBJECT_NAME(a.[object_id]) + '']'','''''''') + '';'' ' +
'FROM [sys].[sql_modules] a ' +
'JOIN [sys].[objects] b ON a.[object_id] = b.[object_id] ' +
'WHERE ' +
    '( ' +
    '   a.[definition] LIKE ' + @SearchString + 
    ') ' +
    'AND ' +
    '( ' +
    '   ( ' +
            CAST(@IncludeViews AS VARCHAR(1)) + ' = 1 ' +
    '       AND ' +
    '       b.[type] IN (''V'') ' +
    '   ) ' +
    '   OR ' +
    '   ( ' +
            CAST(@IncludeStoredProcedures AS VARCHAR(1)) + ' = 1 ' +
    '       AND ' +
    '       b.[type] IN (''P'') ' +
    '   ) ' +
    '   OR ' +
    '   ( ' +
            CAST(@IncludeFunctions AS VARCHAR(1)) + ' = 1 ' +
    '       AND ' +
    '       b.[type] IN (''FN'',''IF'') ' +
    '   ) ' +
    '   OR ' +
    '   ( ' +
            CAST(@IncludeTriggers AS VARCHAR(1)) + ' = 1 ' +
    '       AND ' +
    '       b.[type] IN (''TR'') ' +
    '   ) ' +
    '); ';

IF @DebugMode = 0
BEGIN
    INSERT INTO @Results EXEC(@Query);
END;
ELSE
BEGIN
    PRINT 'Select Statement:  ' + @SelectStatement;
    PRINT 'Query:  ' + @Query;
END;

IF @DebugMode = 0
BEGIN
    SELECT 
        [ObjectType]
        ,[ObjectName]
        ,[ColumnName]
        ,[Value]
        ,[Count] = CASE
            WHEN [ObjectType] IN ('USER TABLE') THEN COUNT(1)
            ELSE NULL
        END
        ,[SelectStatement]
    FROM @Results
    GROUP BY [ObjectType], [ObjectName], [ColumnName], [Value], [SelectStatement]
    ORDER BY [Value];
END;

/********************** STRING_SPLIT() FUNCTION **********************
CREATE FUNCTION STRING_SPLIT (
    @Expression nvarchar(4000)
    ,@Delimiter nvarchar(100)
)
RETURNS @Ret TABLE ([value] NVARCHAR(4000))
AS
BEGIN

    DECLARE @Start INT = 0, @End INT, @Length INT;
    SELECT @End = CHARINDEX(@Delimiter,@Expression), @Length = @End - @Start;

    IF @End <= 0
    BEGIN
        INSERT INTO @Ret ([value]) VALUES (@Expression);
    END
    ELSE
    BEGIN
        WHILE @Length >= 0
        BEGIN
            INSERT INTO @Ret ([value])
                SELECT ltrim(rtrim(substring(@Expression,@Start,@Length)));
    
            SELECT @Start = @End + LEN(@Delimiter)
            SELECT @End = CHARINDEX(@Delimiter,@Expression,@Start)
            IF @End < 1
                SELECT @End = LEN(@Expression) + 1;
            SELECT @Length = @End - @Start;
    
        END;
    END;
    RETURN;
END;
*********************************************************************/