Question

I have a few tables in SQL server 2008. I want to find a list of all the stored procedures and views that are using this table. I am new to SQL server, I think there has to be an easy way rather than opening each view and stored procedure and search for the table name. Thanks

Answer 1

SELECT OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(object_id),
  OBJECT_NAME(object_id)
FROM sys.sql_modules
WHERE [definition] LIKE '%table name%';

This is a little more reliable than the dependency views, because those rely on objects being compiled in the right order.

But there are some caveats:

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This has the potential for false positives, of course, since you could have

-- table name

Or the table name you’re searching for could be a common word that appears naturally in other code even though it doesn’t reference that specific table.

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This could potentially miss references, e.g. if you build strings dynamically or pass table names in to dynamic SQL.