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

I use this one for work. leave off the []'s though in the @TEXT field, seems to want to return everything...

SET NOCOUNT ON

DECLARE @TEXT   VARCHAR(250)
DECLARE @SQL    VARCHAR(250)

SELECT  @TEXT='10.10.100.50'

CREATE TABLE #results (db VARCHAR(64), objectname VARCHAR(100),xtype VARCHAR(10), definition TEXT)

SELECT @TEXT as 'Search String'
DECLARE #databases CURSOR FOR SELECT NAME FROM master..sysdatabases where dbid>4
    DECLARE @c_dbname varchar(64)   
    OPEN #databases
    FETCH #databases INTO @c_dbname   
    WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS  -1
    BEGIN
        SELECT @SQL = 'INSERT INTO #results '
        SELECT @SQL = @SQL + 'SELECT ''' + @c_dbname + ''' AS db, o.name,o.xtype,m.definition '   
        SELECT @SQL = @SQL + ' FROM '+@c_dbname+'.sys.sql_modules m '   
        SELECT @SQL = @SQL + ' INNER JOIN '+@c_dbname+'..sysobjects o ON m.object_id=o.id'   
        SELECT @SQL = @SQL + ' WHERE [definition] LIKE ''%'+@TEXT+'%'''   
        EXEC(@SQL)
        FETCH #databases INTO @c_dbname
    END
    CLOSE #databases
DEALLOCATE #databases

SELECT * FROM #results order by db, xtype, objectname
DROP TABLE #results