How do I find a stored procedure containing ?

Question

I need to search a SQL server 2008 for stored procedures containing where maybe the name of a database field or variable name.

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM sys.procedures WHERE Name LIKE '%CompanySpecialisation%'

This is what I have written in SQL 2012 to select all stored procedures where name like "CompanySpecialisation"

Answer 2

Stored Procedure for find text in SP.. {Dinesh Baskaran} Trendy Global Systems pvt ltd

  create Procedure [dbo].[TextFinder]
 (@Text varchar(500),@Type varchar(2)=NULL)
AS
BEGIN





SELECT DISTINCT o.name AS ObjectName, 
CASE o.xtype 
WHEN 'C' THEN 'CHECK constraint ' 
WHEN 'D' THEN 'Default or DEFAULT constraint'
WHEN 'F' THEN 'FOREIGN KEY constraint'
WHEN 'FN' THEN 'Scalar function'
WHEN 'IF' THEN 'In-lined table-function'
WHEN 'K' THEN 'PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE constraint'
WHEN 'L' THEN 'Log'
WHEN 'P' THEN 'Stored procedure'
WHEN 'R' THEN 'Rule'
WHEN 'RF' THEN 'Replication filter stored procedure' 
WHEN 'S' THEN 'System table'  
WHEN 'TF' THEN 'Table function' 
WHEN 'TR' THEN 'Trigger'  
WHEN 'U' THEN 'User table' 
WHEN 'V' THEN 'View' 
WHEN 'X' THEN 'Extended stored procedure' 
ELSE o.xtype 
END AS ObjectType,  

ISNULL( p.Name, '[db]') AS Location

FROM syscomments c

INNER JOIN sysobjects o ON c.id=o.id

LEFT JOIN sysobjects p ON o.Parent_obj=p.id

WHERE c.text LIKE '%' + @Text + '%' and

o.xtype = case when @Type IS NULL then o.xtype  else @Type end 


ORDER BY Location, ObjectName



END

Answer 3

I use this script. If you change your XML Comments to display as black text on a yellow background you get the effect of highlighting the text you're looking for in the xml column of the results. (Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors [Display items: XML Comment]

    ---------------------------------------------
    --------------   Start  FINDTEXT   ----------
    ---------------------------------------------

    SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED 
    SET NOCOUNT ON
    GO
    DECLARE @SearchString VARCHAR(MAX) 
    SET @SearchString = 'the text you''re looking for'
    DECLARE @OverrideSearchStringWith VARCHAR(MAX) 
    --#############################################################################
    -- Use Escape chars in Brackets []  like [%] to find percent char.
    --############################################################################# 

    DECLARE @ReturnLen INT 
    SET @ReturnLen = 50;
    with    lastrun
              as (select    DEPS.OBJECT_ID
                           ,MAX(last_execution_time) as LastRun
                  from      sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats DEPS
                  group by  deps.object_id
                 )
        SELECT  OL.Type
               ,OBJECT_NAME(OL.Obj_ID) AS 'Name'
               ,LTRIM(RTRIM(REPLACE(SUBSTRING(REPLACE(OBJECT_DEFINITION(OL.Obj_ID), NCHAR(0x001F), ''), CHARINDEX(@SearchString, OBJECT_DEFINITION(OL.Obj_ID)) - @ReturnLen, @ReturnLen * 2), @SearchString, '   ***-->>' + @SearchString + '<<--***  '))) AS SourceLine
               ,CAST(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), REPLACE(OBJECT_DEFINITION(OL.Obj_ID), NCHAR(0x001F), '')), '&', '(A M P)'), '<', '(L T)'), '>', '(G T)'), @SearchString, '<!-->' + @SearchString + '<-->') AS XML) AS 'Hilight Search'
               ,(SELECT [processing-instruction(A)] = REPLACE(OBJECT_DEFINITION(OL.Obj_ID), NCHAR(0x001F), '')
                FOR
                 XML PATH('')
                    ,TYPE
                ) AS 'code'
               ,Modded AS Modified
               ,LastRun as LastRun
        FROM    (SELECT CASE P.type
                          WHEN 'P' THEN 'Proc'
                          WHEN 'V' THEN 'View'
                          WHEN 'TR' THEN 'Trig'
                          ELSE 'Func'
                        END AS 'Type'
                       ,P.OBJECT_ID AS OBJ_id
                       ,P.modify_Date AS modded
                       ,LastRun.LastRun
                 FROM   sys.Objects P WITH (NOLOCK)
                        LEFT join lastrun on P.object_id = lastrun.object_id
                 WHERE  OBJECT_DEFINITION(p.OBJECT_ID) LIKE '%' + @SearchString + '%'
                        AND type IN ('P', 'V', 'TR', 'FN', 'IF', 'TF')
                     --   AND lastrun.LastRun  IS NOT null
                ) OL
    OPTION  (FAST 10)

    ---------------------------------------------
    ----------------    END     -----------------
    ---------------------------------------------
    ---------------------------------------------

Answer 4

SELECT ROUTINE_NAME, ROUTINE_DEFINITION
    FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES 
    WHERE ROUTINE_DEFINITION LIKE '%Foo%' 
    AND ROUTINE_TYPE='PROCEDURE'

---

SELECT OBJECT_NAME(id) 
    FROM SYSCOMMENTS 
    WHERE [text] LIKE '%Foo%' 
    AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, 'IsProcedure') = 1 
    GROUP BY OBJECT_NAME(id)

---

SELECT OBJECT_NAME(object_id)
    FROM sys.sql_modules
    WHERE OBJECTPROPERTY(object_id, 'IsProcedure') = 1
    AND definition LIKE '%Foo%'

Answer 5

Grab yourself a copy of the free Red-Gate SQL Search tool and start enjoying searching in SQL Server! :-)

It's a great and very useful tool, and YES! it's totally, absolutely FREE for any kind of use.

Answer 6

I took Kashif's answer and union'd all of them together. Strangely, sometimes, I found results in one of the selects but not the other. So to be safe, I run all 3 when I'm looking for something. Hope this helps:

DECLARE @SearchText varchar(1000) = 'mytext';

SELECT DISTINCT SPName 
FROM (
    (SELECT ROUTINE_NAME SPName
        FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES 
        WHERE ROUTINE_DEFINITION LIKE '%' + @SearchText + '%' 
        AND ROUTINE_TYPE='PROCEDURE')
    UNION ALL
    (SELECT OBJECT_NAME(id) SPName
        FROM SYSCOMMENTS 
        WHERE [text] LIKE '%' + @SearchText + '%' 
        AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, 'IsProcedure') = 1 
        GROUP BY OBJECT_NAME(id))
    UNION ALL
    (SELECT OBJECT_NAME(object_id) SPName
        FROM sys.sql_modules
        WHERE OBJECTPROPERTY(object_id, 'IsProcedure') = 1
        AND definition LIKE '%' + @SearchText + '%')
) AS T
ORDER BY T.SPName