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How to Find Objects that Contain a Certain String in SQL Server

Writer's picture: Guy GlantserGuy Glantser

Let’s say you remember a piece of code you need to optimize or take a look at, but you don’t remember in which stored procedure you saw it.


The following script searches for a certain string inside the code of all programmatic objects in the current database (stored procedures, triggers, views, and user-defined functions), and returns the objects which contain it.


SELECT

SchemaName = SCHEMA_NAME ([Objects].schema_id) ,

ObjectName = [Objects].[name] ,

ObjectType = [Objects].[type_desc] ,

[Definition] = SQLModules.[definition]

FROM

sys.sql_modules AS SQLModules

INNER JOIN

sys.objects AS [Objects]

ON

SQLModules.[object_id] = [Objects].[object_id]

WHERE

SQLModules.[definition] LIKE N'%Your String Here%';

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Eitan Blumin
Eitan Blumin
Oct 25, 2021

Here's a script in our Madeira Toolbox doing the same thing across all accessible databases in the instance:


https://github.com/MadeiraData/MadeiraToolbox/blob/master/Utility%20Scripts/Search%20String%20in%20All%20Server%20Databases.sql

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