Question

Does any know how / if it is possible to view all tables/views/stored procedures that depend on a linked server in Sql Server 2008. Basically as if the context menu “View dependencies” was accessible for linked servers?

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

Search for it

SELECT OBJECT_NAME(object_id), *
FROM sys.sql_modules
WHERE definition LIKE '%myLinkedServer%'

Or use the free Red gate SQL Search to do the same with a GUI

There is no table or feature that tracks dependencies between the server-level linked server objects and database-level objects

Note: INFORMATION_SCHEMA views and the legacy syscomments truncate the definition so are unreliable for definition searches.