Re: Complex search for a String

We have an in-house piece of java that does just this. The approach is to select the table names from dba_tables and then the columns within that are of type varchar2, or char and long enough to contain the string (from dba_tab_columns. The program then returns columns where select string from table_name where column_name like '%string%'. This approach does work but is obviously slow.

I can let you have the code if necessary, but it does take a while. email me privately if this is the case.
"Franck HUGOT" <fhugot_at_globalimmo.org> wrote in message news:8mr02e$jo$1_at_reader1.imaginet.fr...
> Ok thanks but is there a way not to specify columns?
>
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> Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message :
> 398FFCF8.4828_at_yahoo.com...
> > Franck HUGOT wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I would like to search a String in all columns of a table.
> > > I know I can do :
> > > select user_name from usertable where user_prenom='smith' or
> > > user_ville='smith' or user_alias='smith' or ....
> > >
> > > Is there a more simple way?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > where instr(col1||col2||col3||... , 'string') > 0
> >
> > HTH
> > --
> > ===========================================
> > Connor McDonald
> > http://www.oracledba.co.uk
> >
> > We are born naked, wet and hungry...then things get worse
>
>
Received on Thu Aug 10 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT