Query to list all stored procedures

Question

What query can return the names of all the stored procedures in a SQL Server database

If the query could exclude system stored procedures, that would be even more he

Answer 1

This will give just the names of the stored procedures.

select specific_name
from information_schema.routines
where routine_type = 'PROCEDURE';

Answer 2

This is gonna show all the stored procedures and the code:

select sch.name As [Schema], obj.name AS [Stored Procedure], code.definition AS [Code] from sys.objects as obj
    join sys.sql_modules as code on code.object_id = obj.object_id
    join sys.schemas as sch on sch.schema_id = obj.schema_id
    where obj.type = 'P'

Answer 3

Unfortunately INFORMATION_SCHEMA doesn't contain info about the system procs.

SELECT *
  FROM sys.objects
 WHERE objectproperty(object_id, N'IsMSShipped') = 0
   AND objectproperty(object_id, N'IsProcedure') = 1

Answer 4

This will returned all sp name

Select * 
FROM sys.procedures where [type] = 'P' 
     AND is_ms_shipped = 0 
     AND [name] not like 'sp[_]%diagram%'

Answer 5

select * from DatabaseName.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES where routine_type = 'PROCEDURE'

select * from DatabaseName.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES where routine_type ='procedure' and left(ROUTINE_NAME,3) not in('sp_', 'xp_', 'ms_')


   SELECT name, type   FROM dbo.sysobjects
 WHERE (type = 'P')

Answer 6

As Mike stated, the best way is to use information_schema. As long as you're not in the master database, system stored procedures won't be returned.

SELECT * 
  FROM DatabaseName.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
 WHERE ROUTINE_TYPE = 'PROCEDURE'

If for some reason you had non-system stored procedures in the master database, you could use the query (this will filter out MOST system stored procedures):

SELECT * 
  FROM [master].INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
 WHERE ROUTINE_TYPE = 'PROCEDURE' 
   AND LEFT(ROUTINE_NAME, 3) NOT IN ('sp_', 'xp_', 'ms_')