How to find a text inside SQL Server procedures / triggers?

Question

I have a linkedserver that will change. Some procedures call the linked server like this: [10.10.100.50].dbo.SPROCEDURE_EXAMPLE. We have triggers also doing thi

Answer 1

[Late answer but hopefully usefull]

Using system tables doesn't always give 100% correct results because there might be a possibility that some stored procedures and/or views are encrypted in which case you'll need to use DAC connection to get the data you need.

I'd recommend using a third party tool such as ApexSQL Search that can deal with encrypted objects easily.

Syscomments system table will give null value for text column in case object is encrypted.