prodb]$ cat find_value.sql
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE 100000
DECLARE
match_count INTEGER;
-- Type the owner of the tables you are looking at
v_owner VARCHAR2(255) :='MATRIX';
-- Type the data type you are look at (in CAPITAL)
-- VARCHAR2, NUMBER, etc.
v_data_type VARCHAR2(255) :='VARCHAR2';
-- Type the string you are looking at
v_search_string VARCHAR2(4000) :='GCSE';
BEGIN
FOR t IN (SELECT table_name, column_name FROM all_tab_cols where owner=v_owner and data_type = v_data_type ) LOOP
-- dbms_output.put_line(t.table_name);
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM '||t.table_name||' WHERE '||t.column_name||' = :1'
INTO match_count
USING v_search_string;
-- dbms_output.put_line(t.table_name);
IF match_count > 0 THEN
dbms_output.put_line( t.table_name ||' '||t.column_name||' '||match_count );
END IF;
END LOOP;
END;
/