Is there a way to have SQL server validate object references in Stored Procs?

Question

The following code executes fine in SQL Server

create proc IamBrokenAndDontKnowIt as
select * from tablewhichdoesnotexist

Of course if I tr

Answer 1

In SQL 2005 or higher, you can test a stored procedure using transactions and try/catch:

BEGIN TRANSACTION

BEGIN TRY
  EXEC (@storedproc)
  ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
  WHILE @@TRANCOUNT > 0
    ROLLBACK
END CATCH

The algorithm to test all stored procedures in a database is a bit more complicated, as you need to workaround SSMS restrictions if you have many SPs which return many result sets. See my blog for complete solution.