Question

Is there a way to scan a SQL Server to find all the stored procedures, read in their bodies, and determine a list of tables they use? My purpose is to perform an analysis on a large legacy database. (SQL Server 2008R2, preferably C#, but language is largely immaterial.)

Answer 1

Leverage SQL Server’s sp_depends system stored procedure.

1. Get a list of all your stored procedures.

select  specific_name   from information_schema.routines
where routine_type='PROCEDURE' and specific_name not like 'sp_%'

2. Use this list along with sp_depends, and insert its results into a table.

declare @t table([name] varchar(50),[type] varchar(50),
updated varchar(10),selected varchar(10),[column] varchar(50))

insert into @t exec sp_depends 'MyProc1';
insert into @t exec sp_depends 'MyProc2';
insert into @t exec sp_depends 'MyProc3';

select [name] from @t group by [name];

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