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

For any SQL server newer than SQL server 2000:

SELECT object_name = OBJECT_NAME(sm.object_id), o.type_desc, sm.definition  
FROM sys.sql_modules AS sm  
JOIN sys.objects AS o ON sm.object_id = o.object_id  
WHERE sm.definition like '%searchString%'  
ORDER BY  o.type, o.name, o.object_id

If someone is stuck with SQL server 2000, the table sql_modules doesn't exist, so you would use syscomments, you will get multiple records for stored procdedures larger than 4000 characters, but they will have the same c.number field so you can group the parts together to get the full stored procedure text:

    Select o.id, c.number, o.name, c.text  
    from syscomments c 
    inner join sysobjects o on o.id = c.id 
    where c.encrypted = 0 and o.type = 'P'  
      and c.id in  
     (Select id from syscomments where text like '%searchtext%')
    order by objecttype, o.name, o.id, c.number, c.colid        

Answer 2

SELECT s.name + '.' + o.name ProcedureName
, c.text ProcedureSteps
FROM   sys.syscomments c 
INNER JOIN
sys.objects o 
ON 
c.id = o.object_id
INNER JOIN
sys.schemas s 
ON 
o.schema_id = s.schema_id
WHERE  o.type = 'P'
AND c.text LIKE N'%XXXX%'
ORDER BY s.name + '.' + o.name
, c.colid

This query returns the name and the content of any stored procedure where "XXXX" is is referenced within the stored procedure.

This is quit usefull when finding procedures that reference a specific table/view/procedure

Answer 3

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

Try This .....

Answer 4

Here is the union version that use Losbear made, but modified so that it also outputs the schema name:

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

SELECT DISTINCT sc.SPECIFIC_SCHEMA as 'Schema', sp.SPName as 'Name'
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 sp
CROSS APPLY (select SPECIFIC_SCHEMA from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES r where r.ROUTINE_NAME = sp.SPName) sc
ORDER BY 1

Answer 5

SELECT name FROM sys.procedures WHERE Object_definition(object_id) LIKE '%FOO%'

Answer 6

sp_msforeachdb 'use ?;select name,''?'' from sys.procedures where object_definition(object_id) like ''%text%'''

This will search in all stored procedure of all databases. This will also work for long procedures.