SQL Server Team-based Development - Red Gate Software

Chapter 9: Searching DDL and Build Scripts
SELECT @SearchString = '%' + @SearchString + '%' – -add it
SELECT – -firstly, we'll search the names of the basic objects
DB_NAME() + '.' + Object_Schema_name(s.[object_ID]) + '.'
+ COALESCE(p.name + '.', '') + s.name AS [Qualified_Name] ,
REPLACE(SUBSTRING(v.name, 5, 31), 'cns', 'constraint') + ' name'
AS Object_Type ,
s.create_date AS 'Created' ,
s.modify_date AS 'Last_Modified' ,
COALESCE(p.name, '-') AS 'parent'
FROM sys.objects S – -to get the objects
LEFT OUTER JOIN master.dbo.spt_values v – -to get the type of object
ON s.type = SUBSTRING(v.name, 1, 2) COLLATE database_default
AND v.type = 'O9T'
LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.objects p – -to get any parent object
ON s.parent_Object_ID = p.[object_ID]
WHERE s.name LIKE @SearchString--string you want to search for
AND Object_Schema_name(s.object_ID) NOT LIKE 'sys%'
UNION ALL
SELECT--and search all the names of the columns too
DB_NAME() + '.' + Object_Schema_name(s.object_ID) + '.' + '.'
+ s.name + '.' + c.name AS [name] ,
'Column name' AS [object_type] ,
s.create_date AS 'created' ,
s.modify_date AS 'Last Modified' ,
COALESCE(s.name, '-') AS 'parent'
FROM sys.columns c
INNER JOIN sys.objects S – -get table data
ON c.object_ID = s.object_ID
WHERE c.name LIKE @SearchString--string you want to search for
AND Object_Schema_name(s.object_ID) NOT LIKE 'sys%'
UNION ALL
SELECT--and search all the definitions of the computed columns too
DB_NAME() + '.' + Object_Schema_name(s.object_ID) + '.' + s.name
+ ',' + c.name AS [name] ,
'computed Column definition' AS [object_type] ,
s.create_date AS 'created' ,
s.modify_date AS 'Last Modified' ,
COALESCE(s.name, '-') AS 'parent'
FROM sys.computed_columns c
INNER JOIN sys.objects S ON c.object_ID = s.object_ID
WHERE c.definition LIKE @SearchString--string you want to search for
AND Object_Schema_name(s.object_ID) NOT LIKE 'sys$'
UNION ALL – -now search the XML schema collection names
SELECT DB_NAME() + '.' + name ,
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