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+DECLARE @SearchStr nvarchar(100)
+SET @SearchStr = '## YOUR STRING HERE ##'
+
+
+    -- 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
+    -- Updated and tested by Tim Gaunt
+    -- http://www.thesitedoctor.co.uk
+    -- http://blogs.thesitedoctor.co.uk/tim/2010/02/19/Search+Every+Table+And+Field+In+A+SQL+Server+Database+Updated.aspx
+    -- Tested on: SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2010
+    -- Date modified: 03rd March 2011 19:00 GMT
+    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', 'int', 'decimal')
+                    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
+
+DROP TABLE #Results