The following SQL Script enables you to search the database for where a particular record maybe being referenced as it allows you to search for all occurrences of a database ID (The script will return every table which contains that ID).

This script can be very useful in troubleshooting error messages or just searching for where a record maybe cross-referenced (whether there is a constraint in place or not).

Copy and paste the script below into your SQL database, replacing **** in the script with the relevant ID.

DECLARE @SearchID bigint

SET @SearchID = ****

CREATE TABLE #Results (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630))

SET NOCOUNT ON

DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(256), @ColumnName nvarchar(128), @SearchStr2 nvarchar(110)

SET @TableName = ''

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 ('int','bigint')

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 + ' = ' + @SearchID

)

END

END

END

SELECT ColumnName, ColumnValue FROM #Results