How to find a text inside SQL Server procedures / triggers?

Question

I have a linkedserver that will change. Some procedures call the linked server like this: [10.10.100.50].dbo.SPROCEDURE_EXAMPLE. We have triggers also doing this kind of work. We need to find all places that uses [10.10.100.50] to change it.

In SQL Server Management Studio Express, I didn't find a feature like "find in whole database" in Visual Studio. Can a special sys-select help me find what I need?

Answer 1

here is a portion of a procedure I use on my system to find text....

DECLARE @Search varchar(255)
SET @Search='[10.10.100.50]'

SELECT DISTINCT
    o.name AS Object_Name,o.type_desc
    FROM sys.sql_modules        m 
        INNER JOIN sys.objects  o ON m.object_id=o.object_id
    WHERE m.definition Like '%'+@Search+'%'
    ORDER BY 2,1