I hired someone to write the script for me.
Here is the find script (update line 2, "TEXT_TO_SEARCH"):
USE DATABASE_NAME
DECLARE @SearchStr nvarchar(100) = 'TEXT_TO_SEARCH'
DECLARE @Results TABLE (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', 'int', 'decimal')
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
And here is the find and replace script (update line 13):
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @stringToFind VARCHAR(100)
DECLARE @stringToReplace VARCHAR(100)
DECLARE @schema sysname
DECLARE @table sysname
DECLARE @count INT
DECLARE @sqlCommand VARCHAR(8000)
DECLARE @where VARCHAR(8000)
DECLARE @columnName sysname
DECLARE @object_id INT
SET @stringToFind = 'TEXT_TO _FIND'
SET @stringToReplace = 'TEXT_TO_REPLACE'
DECLARE TAB_CURSOR CURSOR FOR
SELECT B.NAME AS SCHEMANAME,
A.NAME AS TABLENAME,
A.OBJECT_ID
FROM sys.objects A
INNER JOIN sys.schemas B
ON A.SCHEMA_ID = B.SCHEMA_ID
WHERE TYPE = 'U'
ORDER BY 1
OPEN TAB_CURSOR
FETCH NEXT FROM TAB_CURSOR
INTO @schema,
@table,
@object_id
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
DECLARE COL_CURSOR CURSOR FOR
SELECT A.NAME
FROM sys.columns A
INNER JOIN sys.types B
ON A.SYSTEM_TYPE_ID = B.SYSTEM_TYPE_ID
WHERE OBJECT_ID = @object_id
AND IS_COMPUTED = 0
AND B.NAME IN ('char','nchar','nvarchar','varchar','text','ntext')
OPEN COL_CURSOR
FETCH NEXT FROM COL_CURSOR
INTO @columnName
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @sqlCommand = 'UPDATE ' + @schema + '.' + @table + ' SET [' + @columnName
+ '] = REPLACE(convert(nvarchar(max),[' + @columnName + ']),'''
+ @stringToFind + ''',''' + @stringToReplace + ''')'
SET @where = ' WHERE [' + @columnName + '] LIKE ''%' + @stringToFind + '%'''
EXEC( @sqlCommand + @where)
SET @count = @@ROWCOUNT
IF @count > 0
BEGIN
PRINT @sqlCommand + @where
PRINT 'Updated: ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),@count)
PRINT '----------------------------------------------------'
END
FETCH NEXT FROM COL_CURSOR
INTO @columnName
END
CLOSE COL_CURSOR
DEALLOCATE COL_CURSOR
FETCH NEXT FROM TAB_CURSOR
INTO @schema,
@table,
@object_id
END
CLOSE TAB_CURSOR
DEALLOCATE TAB_CURSOR
