Question

On an MS SQL Server 2000 installation I have numerous stored procedures that pull data from databases other than the one it’s stored in. All selects occur on the same database server. For example:

select * from [OtherDatabase]..table

How can I find which procedures do that sort of thing without eyeballing each one?

Answer 1

The following is a stored proc that will search for text contained in any stored proc. You could use this to search for the various databases that might get called.

CREATE PROCEDURE FindTextInSP
@StringToSearch varchar(100) 
AS 
   SET @StringToSearch = '%' +@StringToSearch + '%'
   SELECT Distinct SO.Name
   FROM sysobjects SO (NOLOCK)
   INNER JOIN syscomments SC (NOLOCK) on SO.Id = SC.ID
   AND SO.Type = 'P'
   AND SC.Text LIKE @stringtosearch
   ORDER BY SO.Name
GO