Question

I created many numbered stored procedures in SQL Server 2008.

Their names are e.g.: dbo.ProcName, dbo.ProcName;2, dbo.ProcName;3,…

When I use rightclick on procedure name in procedures list in Management Studio 2008 and then click to Modify I can see and edit all stored procedure as I wrote above.

But in Management Studio 2012, after same action, I can see only the first procedure.

How to see and edit all stored procedures with the same name and suffix with semicolon?

Answer 1

Sounds like you are talking about numbered stored procedures.

I can reproduce the same behaviour. After running the following

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[foo];1 @x int AS
  PRINT 'x is ' + CONVERT(varchar(8), @x)
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[foo];2 @x char AS
  PRINT 'x is ' + @x
GO

Selecting “Foo” in object explorer then “Modify” shows both versions in SSMS 2008 but only the first one in SSMS 2012.

These have been deprecated since 2005 so I wouldn’t be surprised if it is a deliberate decision not to support them in the tools any more. Looks like Drop and Create still lists both versions though.