We use a slightly modified approach that returns results from more than stored procedures (although it could be modified to return only results for stored procedures). We use this code in a stored procedure that requires a parameter containing the text to search for.
@StringToFind VarChar(7998)
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @LikeSearch VarChar(8000)
SET @LikeSearch = '%' + @StringToFind + '%'
SELECT Distinct SO.Name
,CASE SO.Type
WHEN 'C' THEN 'CHECK constraint'
WHEN 'D' THEN 'Default or DEFAULT constraint'
WHEN 'F' THEN 'FOREIGN KEY constraint'
WHEN 'FN' THEN 'Scalar function'
WHEN 'IF' THEN 'In-lined table-function'
WHEN 'K' THEN 'PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE constraint'
WHEN 'L' THEN 'Log'
WHEN 'P' THEN 'Stored procedure'
WHEN 'R' THEN 'Rule'
WHEN 'RF' THEN 'Replication filter stored procedure'
WHEN 'S' THEN 'System table'
WHEN 'TF' THEN 'Table function'
WHEN 'TR' THEN 'Trigger'
WHEN 'U' THEN 'User table'
WHEN 'V' THEN 'View'
WHEN 'X' THEN 'Extended stored procedure'
ELSE 'Unidentified' END AS Type
,@StringToFind AS SearchedFor
,Definition AS SearchedIn
,CHARINDEX(@StringToFind, definition, 0) AS PositionWhereFound
,LEN(definition) AS TextLength
FROM sysobjects SO (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN sys.sql_modules SM (NOLOCK) on SO.Id = SM.object_id
AND SM.Definition LIKE @LikeSearch
ORDER BY Type,SO.Name
END
Why the 7998 size designation? VarChar has a limit of 8000 characters and we need to add '%' to both the front and back of the string for the LIKE functionality to work.
