Search of table names

Question

I use the following to search for strings in my stored procedures:

use DBname
SELECT Name
FROM sys.procedures
WHERE OBJECT_DEFINITION(OBJECT_ID) LIKE \'%xxx%\'
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Answer 1

I am assuming you want to pass the database name as a parameter and not just run:

SELECT  *
FROM    DBName.sys.tables
WHERE   Name LIKE '%XXX%'

If so, you could use dynamic SQL to add the dbname to the query:

DECLARE @DBName NVARCHAR(200) = 'YourDBName',
        @TableName NVARCHAR(200) = 'SomeString';

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM master.sys.databases WHERE Name = @DBName)
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'DATABASE NOT FOUND';
        RETURN;
    END;

DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(MAX) = '  SELECT  Name
                                FROM    ' + QUOTENAME(@DBName) + '.sys.tables
                                WHERE   Name LIKE ''%'' + @Table + ''%''';

EXECUTE SP_EXECUTESQL @SQL, N'@Table NVARCHAR(200)', @TableName;