Search a column name across all databases

Question

I have this query that finds all tables and views that matches my column name of a certain database. I am using SQL SERVER 2008

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Answer 1

Finding code across databases, the easiest way I've found is to sling a view with the below SQL in each DB then put in a master view that UNIONs them across the DBs. Bit of a pain if you've got loads of DBs or some you can't touch, but works well otherwise for me.

select
    s.name as SchemaName,
    objs.name as ObjectName,
    objs.ObjectType,
    OBJECT_DEFINITION(objs.object_id) AS ObjectDefinition
from
    (SELECT object_id, name, 'Proc' as ObjectType
    FROM    sys.procedures p
        UNION
    select  object_id, name, 'View'
    from    sys.views 
        UNION
    SELECT  object_id, Name, type
    FROM    sys.objects o
    WHERE   o.[type] IN ('fn', 'fs', 'ft', 'if', 'tf')) objs
    inner join sys.objects o
        on objs.object_id=o.object_id
    inner join sys.schemas s
        on o.schema_id=s.schema_id

Columns (as in find a column in an abstract table on any database on the server), you could do the same thing and just UNION the information schemas, but that won't work for what I want so I'm on the hunt for a more general solution - will add it if I find it!