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

-- Declare the text we want to search for
DECLARE @Text nvarchar(4000);
SET @Text = 'employee';

-- Get the schema name, table name, and table type for:

-- Table names
SELECT
       TABLE_SCHEMA  AS 'Object Schema'
      ,TABLE_NAME    AS 'Object Name'
      ,TABLE_TYPE    AS 'Object Type'
      ,'Table Name'  AS 'TEXT Location'
FROM  INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE '%'+@Text+'%'
UNION
 --Column names
SELECT
      TABLE_SCHEMA   AS 'Object Schema'
      ,COLUMN_NAME   AS 'Object Name'
      ,'COLUMN'      AS 'Object Type'
      ,'Column Name' AS 'TEXT Location'
FROM  INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%'+@Text+'%'
UNION
-- Function or procedure bodies
SELECT
      SPECIFIC_SCHEMA     AS 'Object Schema'
      ,ROUTINE_NAME       AS 'Object Name'
      ,ROUTINE_TYPE       AS 'Object Type'
      ,ROUTINE_DEFINITION AS 'TEXT Location'
FROM  INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES 
WHERE ROUTINE_DEFINITION LIKE '%'+@Text+'%'
      AND (ROUTINE_TYPE = 'function' OR ROUTINE_TYPE = 'procedure');