Question

I have a linkedserver that will change. Some procedures call the linked server like this: [10.10.100.50].dbo.SPROCEDURE_EXAMPLE. We have triggers also doing this kind of work. We need to find all places that uses [10.10.100.50] to change it.

In SQL Server Management Studio Express, I didn’t find a feature like ‘find in whole database’ in Visual Studio. Can a special sys-select help me find what I need?

Answer 1

here is a portion of a procedure I use on my system to find text….

DECLARE @Search varchar(255) SET @Search='[10.10.100.50]'  SELECT DISTINCT     o.name AS Object_Name,o.type_desc     FROM sys.sql_modules        m          INNER JOIN sys.objects  o ON m.object_id=o.object_id     WHERE m.definition Like '%'+@Search+'%'     ORDER BY 2,1