This script will search for any string within a procedure, table definition, index, etc...could be adapted to your needs quite easily. I got this from the web somewhere a few years back but I can't seem to find where...SET nocount ONDECLARE @string VARCHAR(1000)SET @string = '' --> This is your search criteriaDECLARE @errnum INT, @errors CHAR(1), @rowcnt INT, @output VARCHAR(255)SELECT @errnum = 0, @errors = 'N', @rowcnt = 0, @output = '' DECLARE @Results TABLE ( Name VARCHAR(55), Type VARCHAR(12), DateCreated DATETIME, ProcLine VARCHAR(4000) )INSERTINTO @Results SELECT DISTINCT 'Name' = CONVERT(VARCHAR(55), SO.name), 'Type' = SO.type, crdate, '' FROM sysobjects SO JOIN syscomments SC ON SC.id = SO.id WHERE SC.text LIKE '%' + @string + '%' UNION SELECT DISTINCT 'Name' = CONVERT(VARCHAR(55), SO.name), 'Type' = SO.type, crdate, '' FROM sysobjects SO WHERE SO.name LIKE '%' + @string + '%' UNION SELECT DISTINCT 'Name' = CONVERT(VARCHAR(55), SO.name), 'Type' = SO.type, crdate, '' FROM sysobjects SO JOIN syscolumns SC ON SC.id = SO.ID WHERE SC.name LIKE '%' + @string + '%' ORDER BY 2, 1SELECT Name, 'Type' = CASE (Type) WHEN 'P' THEN 'Procedure' WHEN 'TR' THEN 'Trigger' WHEN 'X' THEN 'Xtended Proc' WHEN 'U' THEN 'Table' WHEN 'C' THEN 'Check Constraint' WHEN 'D' THEN 'Default' WHEN 'F' THEN 'Foreign Key' WHEN 'K' THEN 'Primary Key' WHEN 'V' THEN 'View' ELSE Type END, DateCreatedFROM @ResultsORDER BY 2, 1
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