How to find a string inside a entire database?

Question

I have one specific string, such as \"123abcd\" for example but I don\'t know the name of the table or even the name of the column inside the table on my SQL Server Database

Answer 1

Here are couple more free tools that can be used for this. Both work as SSMS addins.

ApexSQL Search – 100% free - searches both schema and data in tables. Has couple more useful options such as dependency tracking…

SSMS Tools pack – free for all versions except SQL 2012 – doesn’t look as advanced as previous one but has a lot of other cool features.