String Search Query in any columns in any table in a database

Question

Hi All,
I am trying to search a word which starts with 'FRA' in any columns and any tables.
I am unable tofind what is generating a join datasets in the webservice from teh database as it is not apparent within teh 100 tables.
I ahve looked into
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but none of these queries is working out for me as I am a user with no tables on its own but rather a user quering other tables.I think its a tweak on which dat adisctionary I can view
select distinct substr (table_name, 1, 14) "Table",
substr (t.column_value.getstringval (), 1, 50) "Column/Value"
from all_cons_columns,
table
(xmlsequence
(dbms_xmlgen.getxmltype ('select ' || column_name
|| ' from ' || table_name
|| ' where upper('
|| column_name
|| ') like upper(''%' || 'fra'
|| '%'')'
).extract ('ROWSET/ROW/*')
) t
order by "Table";
running teh above query got me thsi error:
ORA-19202: Error occurred in XML processing
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_XMLGEN", line 288
ORA-06512: at line 1
19202. 00000 - "Error occurred in XML processing%s"
*Cause:    An error occurred when processing the XML function
*Action:   Check the given error message and fix the appropriate problem
Any help is much appreciated
Edited by: CrackerJack on Sep 3, 2012 5:55 PM
Edited by: CrackerJack on Sep 3, 2012 5:55 PM

Answer 1

Hi,
CrackerJack wrote:
Hi All,
I am trying to search a word which starts with 'FRA' in any columns and any tables.
I am unable tofind what is generating a join datasets in the webservice from teh database as it is not apparent within teh 100 tables.
I ahve looked into
Re: How to search in all rows and all columns?
Re: SQL Search Query - HELP!
but none of these queries is working out for me as I am a user with no tables on its own but rather a user quering other tables.I think its a tweak on which dat adisctionary I can view In all_<b>cons</b>_columns, "cons" stands for "constraints". That view only includes columns that have a constraint on them. 
Use all_<b>tab</b>_columns if you're interested in all columns in all tables.
select distinct substr (table_name, 1, 14) "Table",
substr (t.column_value.getstringval (), 1, 50) "Column/Value"
from all_cons_columns,
table
(xmlsequence
(dbms_xmlgen.getxmltype ('select ' || column_name
|| ' from ' || table_name
|| ' where upper('
|| column_name
|| ') like upper(''%' || 'fra'
|| '%'')'
).extract ('ROWSET/ROW/*')
) t
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When referencing a table in a differenct schema, you must qualify the table name with the owner (unless there happens to be a synonym).  For example, if you are connected as some user other than scott, and you want to use the emp table that is in the scott schema; then you can't just say "SELECT ... FROM emp;", because that would look for the emp table in yur own schema.  You have to say "SELECT ... FROM <b>scott.</b>emp;" instead.  If the table is in your own schema, then the scema name is optional.  The OWNER column in all_tab_columns gives the schema name.
running teh above query got me thsi error:
ORA-19202: Error occurred in XML processing
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_XMLGEN", line 288
ORA-06512: at line 1
19202. 00000 - "Error occurred in XML processing%s"
*Cause:    An error occurred when processing the XML function
*Action:   Check the given error message and fix the appropriate problemSorry, I don't know what causes that error.
If I use the data dictionary view cols (as in {message:id=3325696} which you cited), it runs correctly.
If use what I though was the equivalent data dictionary view, user_tab_columns, or if I use all_tab_columns or other data dictionary views, then I get those errors.  I'm using Oracle 10.2.0.1.0.
Edited by: Frank Kulash on Sep 3, 2012 10:45 PM
John Spencer noticed the same problem 5 years ago.  See {message:id=1969268}