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Check if table is used/call

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ryanlcs
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62 Posts

Posted - 2009-10-27 : 06:04:53

Hi

Is there a way to check if a table is used or call within a stored proc?

Thanks.

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2009-10-27 : 07:32:35

duplicate of http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=134971

Madhivanan

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saralstalin
Starting Member

11 Posts

Posted - 2009-10-27 : 07:38:05

1. Run sp_helptext and check the text of the SP. You may also need to check the texts of functions and sproc called within the SP
2. Check the execution plan of the SP.

Rather than manually reading through text you can also run the below query.

SELECT OB.Name, CO.text
FROM sysobjects OB
JOIN syscomments CO ON OB.id=CO.id
WHERE OB.Name = '<SPName>'
AND CO.text like '%<Table Name>%'

Saral S Stalin

saralstalin
Starting Member

11 Posts

Posted - 2009-10-27 : 08:12:10

You can also run

SP_DEPENDS '<storedprocedurename>' to get all dependencies and table calls

Saral S Stalin

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