Sql Server Query to Search any Text in All Stored Procedures, Views and Function ...

Introduction : In this article I am going to explain How to find any text/string in all stored procedures or views or user defined functions.

In previous articles i explained How to Search particular column in all tables or views in sql server database and Query to get age in years, months and days from date of birth and Without primary key select or delete first or last n records from table and Update existing column values with linear serial numbers without loop and Find all primary and foreign key constraints on each or any table in database

Description : While working with sql server database it may be required to search for specific text in all stored procedures, view or functions for many reasons. For example we can list all the stored procedure where the specified table is being used or we can even search for any column name in all stored procedures, views and functions to check their dependency.

Implementation : Let’s write a query to get the desired result

Let's try to search text 'Email'

DECLARE @searchText NVARCHAR ( 100 )= 'Email'

--Search the text ‘Email’ in sp, view and functions SELECT DISTINCT S . NAME AS [Schema] , O . NAME AS [Object Name] , O . TYPE_DESC AS [Type] FROM SYS . SQL_MODULES M INNER JOIN SYS . OBJECTS O ON M . OBJECT_ID = O . OBJECT_ID INNER JOIN SYS . SCHEMAS S ON O . SCHEMA_ID = S . SCHEMA_ID WHERE M . DEFINITION LIKE '%' + @searchText + '%' ORDER BY S . NAME Note : Pass any table name or column name or any text in @searchText variable to search in all stored procedures, views and user defined functions

Result :

Schema Object Type dbo fnCheckEmailDuplicacy SQL_SCALAR_FUNCTION dbo spEmployeeData SQL_STORED_PROCEDURE dbo spSaveEmployeeDetails SQL_STORED_PROCEDURE dbo vwEmployeeDetails VIEW Now over to you:

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