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

If you want to use OMG Ponies sql as a keyboard shortcut in SSMS, add the following SP to your master db.

USE [master]
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[SP_FindAllReferences]
@targetText nvarchar(128)
AS
BEGIN
    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    declare @origdb nvarchar(128)
    select @origdb = db_name()

    declare @sql nvarchar(1000)

    set @sql = 'USE [' + @origdb +'];' 
    set @sql += 'select object_name(m.object_id), m.* '
    set @sql += 'from sys.sql_modules m  where m.definition like N' + CHAR(39) + '%' + @targetText + '%' + CHAR(39)

    exec (@sql)

    SET NOCOUNT OFF;
END

Then you just need to add dbo.SP_FindAllReferences to your keyboard shortcuts and then you can use it in the context of any DB on your server.

Cheers!

NB: If you are using SQL Server 2005 you will have to replace

@sql +=

with

@sql = @sql +