Search of table names

Question

I use the following to search for strings in my stored procedures:

use DBname
SELECT Name
FROM sys.procedures
WHERE OBJECT_DEFINITION(OBJECT_ID) LIKE \'%xxx%\'
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Answer 1

I'm using this and works fine

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES 
WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE '%%'

Answer 2

select name
  from DBname.sys.tables
 where name like '%xxx%'
   and is_ms_shipped = 0; -- << comment out if you really want to see them

Answer 3

You can also use the Filter button to filter tables with a certain string in it. You can do the same with stored procedures and views.

Answer 4

I know this is an old thread, but if you prefer case-insensitive searching:

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES 
WHERE Lower(TABLE_NAME) LIKE Lower('%%')

Answer 5

I want to post a simple solution for every schema you've got. If you are using MySQL DB, you can simply get from your schema all the table's name and add the WHERE-LIKE condition on it. You also could do it with the usual command line as follows:

SHOW TABLES WHERE tables_in_<your_shcema_name> LIKE '%<table_partial_name>%';

where tables_in_<your_shcema_name> returns the column's name of SHOW TABLES command.

Answer 6

I am assuming you want to pass the database name as a parameter and not just run:

SELECT  *
FROM    DBName.sys.tables
WHERE   Name LIKE '%XXX%'

If so, you could use dynamic SQL to add the dbname to the query:

DECLARE @DBName NVARCHAR(200) = 'YourDBName',
        @TableName NVARCHAR(200) = 'SomeString';

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM master.sys.databases WHERE Name = @DBName)
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'DATABASE NOT FOUND';
        RETURN;
    END;

DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(MAX) = '  SELECT  Name
                                FROM    ' + QUOTENAME(@DBName) + '.sys.tables
                                WHERE   Name LIKE ''%'' + @Table + ''%''';

EXECUTE SP_EXECUTESQL @SQL, N'@Table NVARCHAR(200)', @TableName;