Find all references to an object in an SQL Server database

Question

I\'m trying to find all references to an object in an SQL Server database.

How can I quickly search? SQL Server Management Studio does not seem to do it. I use http:

Answer 1

Use:

select object_name(m.object_id), m.*
  from sys.sql_modules m
 where m.definition like N'%name_of_object%'

...because SYSCOMMENTS and INFORMATION_SCHEMA.routines have nvarchar(4000) columns. So if "name_of_object" is used at position 3998, it won't be found. SYSCOMMENTS does have multiple lines, but INFORMATION_SCHEMA.routines truncates.