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BI SQL # 192 : SQL Server DBA Scripts : Search string or pattern in SQL module definition

October 31, 2013 7:00 am

Hi Folks,

In this article we are going to cover How to Search string or pattern in SQL module definition.

In this post we are going to discuss following points:

Problem Statement of SQL Script:

Description of SQL Script:

SQL Script Output Column

Input Parameter of SQL Script

SQL Script Code

SQL Script Output Screenshot

User Level to execute

Problem Statement of SQL Script:

Search string or pattern in SQL module definition.

Description of SQL Script:

This Script search through all module definition of trigger, stored procedure, functions etc. for a pattern.

SQL Script Output Column

Input Parameter of SQL Script

@pattern NVARCHAR (100)

SQL Script Code

DECLARE @pattern NVARCHAR(100);

SET @pattern = '%INSTEAD OF%';-- The search pattern. 
    ;

WITH def
AS (
    SELECT SCH.NAME + '.' + OBJ.NAME AS ObjectName
        ,OBJ.type_desc AS ObjectType
        ,OBJ.modify_date AS ObjectModifyDate
        ,PARSCH.NAME + '.' + PAROBJ.NAME AS ParentName
        ,PAROBJ.type_desc AS ParentType
        ,MDL.DEFINITION AS SqlDefinition
        ,PATINDEX(@pattern, MDL.DEFINITION) AS PosIndex
    FROM sys.sql_modules AS MDL
    INNER JOIN sys.objects AS OBJ ON MDL.object_id = OBJ.object_id
    INNER JOIN sys.schemas AS SCH ON OBJ.schema_id = SCH.schema_id
    LEFT JOIN sys.objects AS PAROBJ ON OBJ.parent_object_id = 
        PAROBJ.object_id
    LEFT JOIN sys.schemas AS PARSCH ON PAROBJ.schema_id = PARSCH.
        schema_id
    WHERE MDL.DEFINITION LIKE @pattern
    )
SELECT def.ObjectName
    ,def.ObjectType
    ,def.ObjectModifyDate
    ,def.ParentName
    ,def.ParentType
    ,CASE 
        WHEN def.PosIndex = 0
            THEN '?'
        ELSE SUBSTRING(def.SqlDefinition, def.PosIndex - 10, LEN(
                    @pattern) + 20)
        END AS FoundPartDef
    ,def.SqlDefinition
FROM def
ORDER BY def.ObjectName

SQL Script Output Screenshot

User Level to execute

200

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