How to Search every Table in a SQL Database for a String

The below stored procedure lets you parse all tables in a database in search for a string value. Once created, run the following from a query window;

exec DatabaseQuery 'your-search-string-here'

The stored procedure is below;

CREATE PROC DatabaseQuery
(
@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