Re: searching entire database

On 2007-02-10, seannakasone_at_yahoo.com <seannakasone_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> How do I search the entire database for a value and return the
> tablenames and column names that contain this value? For argument
> sake, let's say I'm searching for the text "the quick brown fox".
>
> I think someone posted this question before but it never got any
> responses--since it's been awhile, i thought i might post it again.
>
> In case your wondering why I want to do this, I'm using a software
> package that stores all it's data in a database. It shows me the
> data, but I have no idea what tables and column names contain these
> values so it's hard to change the data through sql scripting.

I have written something that might be helpful for you on my website at http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/ora/misc/find_in_tables.html

hth,
Rene

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  Rene Nyffenegger
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