Question

I know that in a sql database stored proc, there is a misspelt (therefore non existant)sq object. What would be the best way to search the body of every stored proc in the database for this string?

This would be the equivalent of find all references in visual studio so very useful.

Server is sql server 2005.

Many Thanks

Answer 1

use this:

SELECT
    OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(m.object_id) + '.' + OBJECT_NAME(m.object_id), o.type_desc
    FROM sys.sql_modules        m
        INNER JOIN sys.objects  o ON m.object_id=o.object_id
    WHERE m.definition like '%whatever%'

it will search in stored procedures, functions and views for your “whatever” string.

Here is the simplest version (eliminates the object type from the results):

SELECT
    OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(m.object_id) + '.' + OBJECT_NAME(m.object_id)
    FROM sys.sql_modules  m
    WHERE m.definition like '%whatever%'