How do you query all columns and all tables for a specific string

From: Ryan Garvey <ryan(dot)garvey1(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: How do you query all columns and all tables for a specific string
Date: 2010-03-22 16:02:12
Message-ID: 53cb45161003220902j4f70d9fby3a432f6a844d2834@mail.gmail.com
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I recently inhereted a database that I know nothing about that has hundreds
of tables most of which have meaningless names, or at least to me. I am
trying to find a table and column that holds a specific serial number. I
have no idea what table or what column it would be stored in. Is it possible
to search the entire database?

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