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Chapter 9: Searching DDL and Build Scripts
Listing 9-1 shows a procedure that does what it can to search your database, using
Information_Schema.
IF EXISTS ( SELECT *
FROM information_Schema.routines
WHERE specific_name = 'FindStringInInformationSchema' )
DROP PROCEDURE FindStringInInformationSchema
go
CREATE PROCEDURE FindStringInInformationSchema
/**
summary: >
This finds the string that you specify within the name of many database objects
including indexes and parameters of routines. It searches within the text
(definition) for every routine. It displays the full path of the database object
and the object type. This cannot find the text (Definition) or names of triggers,
and knows nothing of extended properties.
example:
– code: FindStringInInformationSchema '' – -list every object, along with
creation date etc
– code: FindStringInInformationSchema 'getdate'--find where the string
'getdate' appears!
– code: FindStringInInformationSchema 'gender'--find where the string
'gender' appears!
returns: >
result
**/ @SearchString VARCHAR(2000)
AS
IF CHARINDEX('%', @SearchString) = 0
SELECT @SearchString = '%' + @SearchString + '%'
SELECT--report on the routines first, name and definition
Specific_Catalog + '.' + Specific_Schema + '.' + Specific_Name
AS Qualified_Name ,
LOWER(Routine_Type) + ' '
+ CASE WHEN specific_name LIKE @SearchString THEN 'name'
ELSE 'definition'
END AS Object_Type
FROM information_Schema.routines
WHERE specific_name LIKE @SearchString
OR routine_Definition LIKE @SearchString