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

There is no way to do it from T-SQL, or Enterprise Manager, so i had to write something from client code. i won't post all the code here, but the trick is to:

1) Get a list of all stored procedures

 SELECT ROUTINE_NAME AS StoredProcedureName
 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
 WHERE ROUTINE_TYPE = 'PROCEDURE' --as opposed to a function
 ORDER BY ROUTINE_NAME

2) Get the stored procedure create T-SQL:

select
   c.text
from dbo.syscomments c
where c.id = object_id(N'StoredProcedureName')
order by c.number, c.colid
option(robust plan)

3) Run the create statement with NOEXEC on, so that the syntax is checked, but it doesn't actually try to create the stored procedure:

connection("SET NOEXEC ON", ExecuteNoRecords);
connection(StoredProcedureCreateSQL, ExecuteNoRecords);
connection("SET NOEXEC ON", ExecuteNoRecords);