Syntax check all stored procedures?

Question

i want to ensure that all stored procedures are still syntactically valid. (This can happen if someone renames/deletes a table/column).

Right now my solution to chec

Answer 1

I know this is a old question but this is my solution when I could not find any suiting.

I required to validate my stored procedures and views after alot of changes in the database.

Basicly what i wanted was to try to do a ALTER PROCEDURE and ALTER VIEW using the current procedures and view (not actually changing them).

I have written this that works fairly well.

Note! Do not perform on live database, make a copy to validate and then fix the things need fixing. Also sys.sql_modules can be inconsistent so take extra care. I do not use this to actually make the changes, only to check which are not working properly.

DECLARE @scripts TABLE
(
    Name NVARCHAR(MAX),
    Command NVARCHAR(MAX),
    [Type] NVARCHAR(1)
)

DECLARE @name NVARCHAR(MAX),        -- Name of procedure or view
    @command NVARCHAR(MAX),         -- Command or part of command stored in syscomments
    @type NVARCHAR(1)               -- Procedure or view

INSERT INTO @scripts(Name, Command, [Type])
SELECT P.name, M.definition, 'P' FROM sys.procedures P 
JOIN sys.sql_modules M ON P.object_id = M.object_id

INSERT INTO @scripts(Name, Command, [Type])
SELECT V.name, M.definition, 'V' FROM sys.views V 
JOIN sys.sql_modules M ON V.object_id = M.object_id

DECLARE curs CURSOR FOR
SELECT Name, Command, [Type]  FROM @scripts

OPEN curs

FETCH NEXT FROM curs
INTO @name, @command, @type


WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
    BEGIN TRY
        IF @type = 'P'
            SET @command = REPLACE(@command, 'CREATE PROCEDURE', 'ALTER PROCEDURE')
        ELSE
            SET @command = REPLACE(@command, 'CREATE VIEW', 'ALTER VIEW')


        EXEC sp_executesql @command
        PRINT @name + ' - OK'
    END TRY
    BEGIN CATCH
        PRINT @name + ' - FAILED: ' + CAST(ERROR_NUMBER() AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) + ' ' + ERROR_MESSAGE()
        --PRINT @command
    END CATCH

    FETCH NEXT FROM curs
    INTO @name, @command, @type
END

CLOSE curs