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Search for a string across all table in Oracle
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-- Source of inspiration of this snippet | |
-- https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27396707/Search-for-a-string-across-all-tables-in-oracle.html#a42581782 | |
declare | |
num_rows number; | |
sql_text varchar2(2500); | |
sql_info varchar2(1000); | |
v_text varchar2(100) := '''%value_in_lowercase%'''; | |
begin | |
dbms_output.enable(1000000); | |
for x in (select table_name, column_name,OWNER, data_type, data_length from ALL_tab_columns | |
where data_type in ('VARCHAR','VARCHAR2') | |
and column_name IS NOT NULL | |
-- put your rules here to limit tables | |
and table_name NOT LIKE 'TMP_%' | |
-- and table_name NOT IN ('SIS_CONF') | |
and owner = 'SYSTEM' -- change to your schema owner name | |
order by owner,table_name,column_name) | |
loop | |
sql_text:='SELECT COUNT(*) INTO :num_rows FROM '||X.OWNER||'.'||x.table_name||' WHERE LOWER('||x.column_name||') LIKE '||v_text|| ' -- ' || x.data_type || ' ' || x.data_length; | |
-- dbms_output.put_line (sql_text); -- uncomment this line to debug and discover what table to add in filters | |
execute immediate sql_text into num_rows; | |
if num_rows>0 | |
then | |
sql_info:='SELECT X.'||X.COLUMN_NAME||', X.* FROM '||X.OWNER||'.'||x.table_name||' X ' || | |
'WHERE LOWER('||x.column_name||') LIKE '||v_text ||' ORDER BY X.'||X.COLUMN_NAME||'; -- '||X.COLUMN_NAME; | |
dbms_output.put_line (sql_info); | |
end if; | |
end loop; | |
end; |
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