Is there a way to have SQL server validate object references in Stored Procs?

Question

The following code executes fine in SQL Server

create proc IamBrokenAndDontKnowIt as
select * from tablewhichdoesnotexist

Of course if I tr

Answer 1

You could check information_schema.tables to check whether a table exist or not and then execute the code

here is quickly slung function to check

 create function fnTableExist(@TableName varchar(64)) returns int as
    begin
        return (select count(*) from information_schema.tables where table_name=@tableName and Table_type='Base_Table')
    end

go        

    if dbo.fnTableExist('eObjects') = 0 
        print 'Table exist'
    else
        print 'no suchTable'

like wise you can check for existance of Stored procs / functions in

.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES.Routine_name for th name of the Stored proc/function