List All Tables That Contain A Specific Employee Name - sql-server-2008

Question

I have a list of employee names, and a list of tables. I need to iterate all employee names and find which table(s) the employee name exists in. All of the tables to iterate exist on the same server and the same database.
Sample data structure
Create Table TableNamesToCheck (dbName varchar(15))
Insert Into TableNamesToCheck
Values ('table1'), ('table2'), ('table3'), ('table4'), ('table5'),
('table6'), ('table7'), ('table8'), ('table9'), ('table10')
Create Table EN (employeename varchar(100))
Insert Into EN
Values ('Richard Marx'), ('Joseph Jones'), ('Mark Badcock'),
('Frank Fins'), ('Richard James'), ('Fall Fren'), ('Hiu Hen')
Thank you #Giorgi --- I understand using Cursor for my tablenames, but how do I join the two tables, when their is no similar field to join the 2 tables on? This is what I have (work in progress) if I understand what you are explaining this is my syntax, but it gives me the below error for each employee and each table...
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid column name 'employeename'.
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid column name 'Richard'.
Declare #dbname varchar(25), #empname varchar(100), #sql varchar(Max)
Create Table TableNamesToCheck (dbName varchar(15))
Insert Into TableNamesToCheck
Values ('table1'), ('table2'), ('table3'), ('table4'), ('table5'),
('table6'), ('table7'), ('table8'), ('table9'), ('table10')
Create Table EN (employeename varchar(100))
Insert Into EN
Values ('Richard Marx'), ('Joseph Jones'), ('Mark Badcock'),
('Frank Fins'), ('Richard James'), ('Fall Fren'), ('Hiu Hen')
Declare c1 Cursor For
Select dbname
From TableNamesToCheck
Open c1
Fetch Next from c1 into #dbname
Declare c2 Cursor For
Select employeename
From EN
Open c2
Fetch Next from c2 into #empname
While ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
Begin
While ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
Begin
Set #sql = 'Select '+#dbname+' From TableNamesToCheck where employeename IN (Select '+#empname+' from EN)'
Exec (#sql)
Fetch Next From c1 Into #dbname
Fetch Next From c2 Into #empname
End
End
Close c1
Close c2
Deallocate c1
Deallocate c2
Drop Table TableNamesToCheck
Drop Table EN

Answer 1

Not 100% sure, but you might be looking for this :-
Set Nocount On;
Declare #Sql Varchar(Max)
,#Total Int
,#RowId Int
,#EmpName Varchar(100)
,#Total2 Int
,#RowId2 Int
,#TableName Varchar(15)
Select #Sql = ''
,#EmpName = ''
,#TableName = ''
If Object_Id('tempdb.dbo.#TableNamesToCheck') Is Not Null
Begin
Drop Table #TableNamesToCheck;
End
If Object_Id('tempdb.dbo.#EN') Is Not Null
Begin
Drop Table #EN;
End
If Object_Id('tempdb.dbo.#EnTables') Is Not Null
Begin
Drop Table #EnTables;
End
Create Table #TableNamesToCheck
(
dbId Int Identity(1,1) Primary Key
,dbName Varchar(15)
)
Create Table #EN
(
RowId Int Identity(1,1) Primary Key
,employeename Varchar(100)
)
Create Table #EnTables
(
Id Int Identity(1,1) Primary Key
,EmployeeName Varchar(100)
,dbName Varchar(15)
)
Insert Into #TableNamesToCheck
Values ('table1'), ('table2'), ('table3'), ('table4'), ('table5'),
('table6'), ('table7'), ('table8'), ('table9'), ('table10')
Insert Into #EN
Values ('Richard Marx'), ('Joseph Jones'), ('Mark Badcock'),
('Frank Fins'), ('Richard James'), ('Fall Fren'), ('Hiu Hen')
Select #Total = Count(1)
,#RowId = 1
From #EN As en With (Nolock)
Select #Total2 = Count(1)
,#RowId2 = 1
From #TableNamesToCheck As et With (Nolock)
While (#RowId <= #Total)
Begin
Select #EmpName = en.employeename
From #EN As en With (Nolock)
Where en.RowId = #RowId
While (#RowId2 <= #Total2)
Begin
Select #TableName = et.dbName
From #TableNamesToCheck As et With (Nolock)
Where et.dbId = #RowId2
Select #Sql = ' If Exists ' +
' ( ' +
' Select 1 ' +
' From ' + #TableName + ' As t With (Nolock) ' +
' Where t.employeename = ''' + #EmpName + ''' ' +
' ) ' +
' Begin ' +
' Insert Into #EnTables(EmployeeName,dbName) ' +
' Select ''' + #EmpName + ''' ' +
' ,''' + #TableName + ''' ' +
' End '
----Print(#Sql)
Exec (#Sql)
Select #RowId2 = #RowId2 + 1
End
Select #RowId = #RowId + 1
,#RowId2 = 1
,#EmpName = ''
,#TableName = ''
End
Select *
From #EnTables As et With (Nolock)