If you want to search a string in stored procedures, functions and views, maybe you can use some special tools.
But, for instance, suppose that you can only use SQL Server Management Studio.
Is there a way to do this?
Yes….
You could use the following query:
SELECT DISTINCT OBJECT_NAME(id) AS [OBJECT_NAME] FROM sys.syscomments WHERE [TEXT] LIKE '%text to search%' ORDER BY OBJECT_NAME(id)
Of course you have to replace ‘text to search’ with the string you want to search (leave the ‘%’ characters!).
Best regards,
The Dummy Programmer