Question : sql server search query

place search term in 'SEARCH_TERM_WE_ARE_LOOKING_FOR'

this query will find a search term in a database of type varchar or int

but it does not find
[orderid] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,

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declare @sql varchar(8000), @tbl varchar(255), @col varchar(255), @data varchar(50)
set @data = 'SEARCH_TERM_WE_ARE_LOOKING_FOR'
declare cur_tbl cursor for
      select a.name, b.name from sysobjects a, syscolumns b, systypes c where a.id = b.id and a.type = 'U' and c.xtype = b.xtype and c.name in ( 'varchar', 

'nvarchar', 'text', 'ntext' )
open cur_tbl
fetch next from cur_tbl into @tbl, @col
while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
      set @sql = '
                        if exists (select * from [' + @tbl + '] where convert( varchar(255), [' + @col + '] ) like ''%' + @data + '%'')
                              select tbl=''' + @tbl + ''', col=''' + @col + ''', [' + @col + '], * from [' + @tbl + '] where convert( varchar(255), [' + @col + '] ) like ''%' + @data 

+ '%''
                        '
      exec(@sql)
 
      fetch next from cur_tbl into @tbl, @col
end
close cur_tbl
deallocate cur_tbl

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Answer : sql server search query

it is not looking for integers at the moment.
just add in the sixth line after 'ntext' and before )

, 'int'

so it should be

'nvarchar', 'text', 'ntext', 'int' )

and it will work

Question : sql server search query

Answer : sql server search query

it is not looking for integers at the moment. just add in the sixth line after 'ntext' and before ), 'int'so it should be'nvarchar', 'text', 'ntext', 'int' )and it will work

it is not looking for integers at the moment.
just add in the sixth line after 'ntext' and before )

, 'int'

so it should be

'nvarchar', 'text', 'ntext', 'int' )

and it will work