Question

Is it possible to query the database somehow to find all stored procedures that update data in a specific table?

I worked on an older system before called Cool Gen which did this exact thing and currently I am wanting something similar.

I’m not interested in stored procedures that use the table (I have that list already, at it is very long).

Answer 1

This may have false positives depending on table name (could be in comments or part of a larger object name), or stored procedures that update some other table then reference this one.

SELECT OBJECT_NAME([object_id])
  FROM sys.sql_modules
  WHERE LOWER(definition) LIKE '%update%table_name%';

I find this a much more reliable "first sweep" than relying on dependency views.

You may also consider a 3rd party tool like SQL Search.