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Chapter 9: Searching DDL and Build Scripts
code to give you the idea. The full code is available from the code download page for this
book (see the Introduction).
IF EXISTS ( SELECT *
FROM information_Schema.routines
WHERE specific_name = 'FindString' )
DROP PROCEDURE FindString
go
CREATE PROCEDURE FindString
/**
summary: >
This finds the string that you specify within the name of every database object
including indices, agent jobs, extended properties and parameters of routines.
It searches within the text (definition) for every routine, and within the value
of every extended property. It displays the full path of the database object, the
object type, the dates of creation and modification (sometimes that of the parent
if this information isn't available) as well as the name of the parent of the
object.
example:
– code: findstring '' – -list every object, along with creation date etc
example:
– code: findString 'GetDate'--find where the string 'getdate' appears!
example:
– code: findstring 'b[aeiou]t'--find but, bot,bit,bet and bat!
returns: >
Qualified_Name Varchar
This is the fully-qualified name of the object so that you know where it lurks.
Sometimes, the path is a bit artificial, but it should be obvious how the
convention works.
Object_Type Varchar
A description of the type of object the string was found in. 'Definition' refers to
the code within the routine.
created DateTime
The date that either the object or its parent was created.
Last_Modified DateTime
The date that either the object or its parent was last modified
Parent Varchar
The name of the parent of the object if known
**/ @SearchString VARCHAR(2000)
AS – ------------------------------------------------------------------------
IF CHARINDEX('%', @SearchString) = 0 – -if user hasn't specifed search
– -string in the SQL wildcard format.