Question

I would like to create a C# method that accepts one parameter, the name of a stored procedure. The method will then execute the following system stored procedure directly without using a user-defined sub routine to wrap this call.

sys.sp_helptext 'proc name'

I get the error:

Could not find stored procedure ‘sys.sp_help_text

Is this a permissions issue (I am Admin of my test db) or qualification issue?

public static string GetStoredProcedure(string objectName, string connectionString)
{

    using (SqlConnection sqlConnection = new SqlConnection())
    {
        sqlConnection.ConnectionString = connectionString;
        sqlConnection.Open();
        SqlCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCommand("sys.sp_help_text", sqlConnection);
        sqlCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
        sqlCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@objname", objectName);
        DataSet ds = new DataSet();
        SqlDataAdapter sqlDataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter();
        sqlDataAdapter.SelectCommand = sqlCommand;
        sqlDataAdapter.Fill(ds);
        return DataTableToString(ds.Tables[0]);;   
    }
}     

Answer 1

no issue, just named wrong

try

SqlCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCommand("sys.sp_helptext", sqlConnection);

instead of

SqlCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCommand("sys.sp_help_text", sqlConnection);