Is there any way I can find in SQL Server Management Studio stored procedure by name or by part of the name? (on active database context)
Thanks for help
You can use:
select *
from
sys.procedures
where
name like '%name_of_proc%'
if you need the code you can look in the syscomments table
select text
from
syscomments c
inner join sys.procedures p on p.object_id = c.object_id
where
p.name like '%name_of_proc%'
Edit Update:
you can can also use the ansi standard version
SELECT *
FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
WHERE
ROUTINE_NAME LIKE '%name_of_proc%'
Assuming you're in the Object Explorer Details (F7) showing the list of Stored Procedures, click the Filters button and enter the name (or partial name).
This will work for tables and views (among other things) as well, not just sprocs:
SELECT
'[' + s.name + '].[' + o.Name + ']',
o.type_desc
FROM
sys.objects o
JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id
WHERE
o.name = 'CreateAllTheThings' -- if you are certain of the exact name
OR o.name LIKE '%CreateAllThe%' -- if you are not so certain
It also gives you the schema name which will be useful in any non-trivial database (e.g. one where you need a query to find a stored procedure by name).
When I have a Store Procedure name, and do not know which database it belongs to, I use the following -
Use [master]
GO
DECLARE #dbname VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE #statement NVARCHAR(max)
DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR
LOCAL FAST_FORWARD
FOR
--Status 48 (mirrored db)
SELECT name FROM MASTER.dbo.sysdatabases WHERE STATUS NOT LIKE 48 AND name NOT IN ('master','model','msdb','tempdb','distribution')
OPEN db_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO #dbname
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SELECT #statement = 'SELECT * FROM ['+#dbname+'].INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES WHERE [ROUTINE_NAME] LIKE ''%name_of_proc%'''+';'
print #statement
EXEC sp_executesql #statement
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO #dbname
END
CLOSE db_cursor
DEALLOCATE db_cursor
You can use this query:
SELECT
ROUTINE_CATALOG AS DatabaseName ,
ROUTINE_SCHEMA AS SchemaName,
SPECIFIC_NAME AS SPName ,
ROUTINE_DEFINITION AS SPBody ,
CREATED AS CreatedDate,
LAST_ALTERED AS LastModificationDate
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
WHERE
(ROUTINE_DEFINITION LIKE '%%')
AND
(ROUTINE_TYPE='PROCEDURE')
AND
(SPECIFIC_NAME LIKE '%AssessmentToolDegreeDel')
As you can see, you can do search inside the body of Stored Procedure also.
For SQL Server version 9.0 (2005), you can use the code below:
select *
from
syscomments c
inner join sys.procedures p on p.object_id = c.id
where
p.name like '%usp_ConnectionsCount%';
Option 1: In SSMS go to View > Object Explorer Details or press F7. Use the Search box. Finally in the displayed list right click and select Synchronize to find the object in the Object Explorer tree.
Option 2: Install an Add-On like dbForge Search. Right click on the displayed list and select Find in Object Explorer.
Very neat trick I stumble upon trying some SQL injection, in object explorer in the search box just use your percentage characters, and this will search EVERYTHING stored procedures, functions, views, tables, schema, indexes...I tired of thinking of more :)
Search Pattern
Related
Is there a way to drop all objects in a db, with the objects belonging to two different schemas?
I had been previously working with one schema, so I query all objects using:
Select * From sysobjects Where type=...
then dropped everything I using
Drop Table ...
Now that I have introduced another schema, every time I try to drop it says something about I don't have permission or the object does not exist. BUT, if I prefix the object with the [schema.object] it works. I don't know how to automate this, cause I don't know what objects, or which of the two schemas the object will belong to. Anyone know how to drop all objects inside a db, regardless of which schema it belongs to?
(The user used is owner of both schemas, the objects in the DB were created by said user, as well as the user who is removing the objects - which works if the prefix I used IE. Drop Table Schema1.blah)
Use sys.objects in combination with OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME to build your DROP TABLE statements, review, then copy/paste to execute:
SELECT 'DROP TABLE ' +
QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(object_id)) + '.' +
QUOTENAME(name) + ';'
FROM sys.objects
WHERE type_desc = 'USER_TABLE';
Or use sys.tables to avoid need of the type_desc filter:
SELECT 'DROP TABLE ' +
QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(object_id)) + '.' +
QUOTENAME(name) + ';'
FROM sys.tables;
SQL Fiddle
Neither of the other questions seem to have tried to address the all objects part of the question.
I'm amazed you have to roll your own with this - I expected there to be a drop schema blah cascade. Surely every single person who sets up a dev server will have to do this and having to do some meta-programming before being able to do normal programming is seriously horrible. Anyway... rant over!
I started looking at some of these articles as a way to do it by clearing out a schema: There's an old article about doing this, however the tables mentioned on there are now marked as deprecated. I've also looked at the documentation for the new tables to help understand what is going on here.
There's another answer and a great dynamic sql resource it links to.
After looking at all this stuff for a while it just all seemed a bit too messy.
I think the better option is to go for
ALTER DATABASE 'blah' SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
drop database 'blah'
create database 'blah'
instead. The extra incantation at the top is basically to force drop the database as mentioned here
It feels a bit wrong but the amount of complexity involved in writing the drop script is a good reason to avoid it I think.
If there seem to be problems with dropping the database I might revisit some of the links and post another answer
try this with sql2012 or above,
this script may help to delete all objects by selected schema
Note: below script for dbo schema for all objects but you may change in very first line #MySchemaName
DECLARE #MySchemaName VARCHAR(50)='dbo', #sql VARCHAR(MAX)='';
DECLARE #SchemaName VARCHAR(255), #ObjectName VARCHAR(255), #ObjectType VARCHAR(255), #ObjectDesc VARCHAR(255), #Category INT;
DECLARE cur CURSOR FOR
SELECT (s.name)SchemaName, (o.name)ObjectName, (o.type)ObjectType,(o.type_desc)ObjectDesc,(so.category)Category
FROM sys.objects o
INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON o.schema_id = s.schema_id
INNER JOIN sysobjects so ON so.name=o.name
WHERE s.name = #MySchemaName
AND so.category=0
AND o.type IN ('P','PC','U','V','FN','IF','TF','FS','FT','PK','TT')
OPEN cur
FETCH NEXT FROM cur INTO #SchemaName,#ObjectName,#ObjectType,#ObjectDesc,#Category
SET #sql='';
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN
IF #ObjectType IN('FN', 'IF', 'TF', 'FS', 'FT') SET #sql=#sql+'Drop Function '+#MySchemaName+'.'+#ObjectName+CHAR(13)
IF #ObjectType IN('V') SET #sql=#sql+'Drop View '+#MySchemaName+'.'+#ObjectName+CHAR(13)
IF #ObjectType IN('P') SET #sql=#sql+'Drop Procedure '+#MySchemaName+'.'+#ObjectName+CHAR(13)
IF #ObjectType IN('U') SET #sql=#sql+'Drop Table '+#MySchemaName+'.'+#ObjectName+CHAR(13)
--PRINT #ObjectName + ' | ' + #ObjectType
FETCH NEXT FROM cur INTO #SchemaName,#ObjectName,#ObjectType,#ObjectDesc,#Category
END
CLOSE cur;
DEALLOCATE cur;
SET #sql=#sql+CASE WHEN LEN(#sql)>0 THEN 'Drop Schema '+#MySchemaName+CHAR(13) ELSE '' END
PRINT #sql
EXECUTE (#sql)
I do not know wich version of Sql Server are you using, but assuming that is 2008 or later, maybe the following command will be very useful (check that you can drop ALL TABLES in one simple line):
sp_MSforeachtable "USE DATABASE_NAME DROP TABLE ?"
This script will execute DROP TABLE .... for all tables from database DATABASE_NAME. Is very simple and works perfectly. This command can be used for execute other sql instructions, for example:
sp_MSforeachtable "USE DATABASE_NAME SELECT * FROM ?"
Actually, this is a 2 part question.
Is it possible to use some sort of functionality to search through every stored procedure for a string and possibly replace it, like a standard Find/Replace function?
If you have all your stored procedure code include the full database path like this [db1].[dbo].[table1] and you change the database name to [db2] is there a way for SQL Server to automatically update all the code from [db1] tables to [db2]? Or does it have to be done manually?
From the Object Explorer Details window in SSMS, open the stored procedures folder. Select all the objects (you can multi-select from this window, which is pretty much the only purpose of the Object Explorer Details window) and right click, choosing to script as DROP and CREATE. You can now do a search/replace on this, replacing all you need in one go before executing it.
Edit: I've blogged about this solution.
Late one but hopefully useful.
There is a free search tool from ApexSQL that can find and rename objects in database.
They say it has a smart rename option that will find/replace all occurrences of some object such as table, function or stored procedure.
I have to add that I haven’t used the rename functionality but I can confirm that search is working quite well.
Also I’m not affiliated with ApexSQL but I do use their tools.
To search: if you need to find database objects (e.g. tables, columns, triggers) by name - have a look at the FREE Red-Gate tool called SQL Search which does this - it searches your entire database for any kind of string(s).
It's a great must-have tool for any DBA or database developer - did I already mention it's absolutely FREE to use for any kind of use?
This tool doesn't support replacing text, however - but even just being able to find all the relevant stored procedures (or other DB objects) is very helpful indeed!
Export all SPs to file. Use your favourite text editing tool to search/replace. Update database by executing the script (as long as you do not rename procedures).
If you explicitly define the full database path, you need to manually (see above) update the stored procedures. If you do not include the database name, or use a linked server or similar, no changes are necessary.
Stored procedures cannot be updated in place without first scripting them out as ALTER PROCEDURE statements (or DROP/CREATE, but I prefer ALTER PROCEDURE..more on that in a moment). The good news is, you can script all the procedures to a single file through SSMS. The DDL statements will initially be CREATE PROCEDURE, which you'll want to replace with ALTER PROCEDURE, along with your other changes.
While you could alternatively script the procedures as DROP/CREATE, I don't like doing this for a large number of scripts because it tends to cause dependency errors.
As for part 2 of your question, you'll need to edit any database path changes manually through the script.
I found this script where you can define search for and replace by text and simply run it to get text replaced in all procedures at once. I hope this will help you in bulk.
-- set "Result to Text" mode by pressing Ctrl+T
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #sqlToRun VARCHAR(1000), #searchFor VARCHAR(100), #replaceWith VARCHAR(100)
-- text to search for
SET #searchFor = '[MY-SERVER]'
-- text to replace with
SET #replaceWith = '[MY-SERVER2]'
-- this will hold stored procedures text
DECLARE #temp TABLE (spText VARCHAR(MAX))
DECLARE curHelp CURSOR FAST_FORWARD
FOR
-- get text of all stored procedures that contain search string
-- I am using custom escape character here since i need to espape [ and ] in search string
SELECT DISTINCT 'sp_helptext '''+OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(id)+'.'+OBJECT_NAME(id)+''' '
FROM syscomments WHERE TEXT LIKE '%' + REPLACE(REPLACE(#searchFor,']','\]'),'[','\[') + '%' ESCAPE '\'
ORDER BY 'sp_helptext '''+OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(id)+'.'+OBJECT_NAME(id)+''' '
OPEN curHelp
FETCH next FROM curHelp INTO #sqlToRun
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
--insert stored procedure text into a temporary table
INSERT INTO #temp
EXEC (#sqlToRun)
-- add GO after each stored procedure
INSERT INTO #temp
VALUES ('GO')
FETCH next FROM curHelp INTO #sqlToRun
END
CLOSE curHelp
DEALLOCATE curHelp
-- find and replace search string in stored procedures
-- also replace CREATE PROCEDURE with ALTER PROCEDURE
UPDATE #temp
SET spText = REPLACE(REPLACE(spText,'CREATE PROCEDURE', 'ALTER PROCEDURE'),#searchFor,#replaceWith)
SELECT spText FROM #temp
-- now copy and paste result into new window
-- then make sure everything looks good and run
GO
Here is the reference link :
http://www.ideosity.com/ourblog/post/ideosphere-blog/2013/06/14/how-to-find-and-replace-text-in-all-stored-procedures
You can search the text of the stored procedure definitions using this
SELECT
Name
FROM
sys.procedures
WHERE
OBJECT_DEFINITION(OBJECT_ID) LIKE '%YourSearchText%'
Replacing is generally a bad idea, since you don't know the context of the text you'll find in the stored procedures. It probably is possible though via Powershell scripting.
I prefer this solution to any others, since I'm comfortable writing queries- so finding text in all stored procs, that are in schema (x) and database (y) and names that start with (z) is quite an easy and intuitive query.
Here's one I wrote today to help with a server upgrade project.
Searches all stored procs and views in all user databases on a server, and automatically replaces the search string with another. Ideal for changing hard-coded linked server names and the like:
set nocount on
if OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#dbs') is not null
drop table #dbs
if OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#objects') is not null
drop table #objects
declare #find as nvarchar(128) = 'Monkey'
declare #replace as nvarchar(128) = 'Chimp'
declare #SQL as nvarchar(max)
declare #current_db as sysname
declare #current_schema as sysname
declare #current_object as sysname
declare #current_type as char(2)
declare #current_ansi as bit
declare #current_quot as bit
declare #fullname as sysname
declare #preamble as nvarchar(128)
create table #objects
(
dbname sysname,
schemaname sysname,
objname sysname,
objtype char(2),
ansinulls bit,
quotedidentifier bit
)
create unique clustered index i on #objects (dbname, schemaname, objname)
select [name] into #dbs
from master.sys.databases
where [name] not in ('master','tempdb','model','msdb','ReportServer','ReportServerTempDB', 'SSISDB')
declare db_cursor cursor for select [name] from #dbs order by [name]
open db_cursor
fetch next from db_cursor into #current_db
while ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
begin
set #SQL = 'insert into #objects select ''' + #current_db + ''', s.[name], o.[name], o.[type], m.uses_ansi_nulls, m.uses_quoted_identifier from ' + #current_db + '.sys.sql_modules as m '
+ 'join ' + #current_db + '.sys.objects AS o ON m.object_id = o.object_id '
+ 'join ' + #current_db + '.sys.schemas AS s ON o.schema_id = s.schema_id '
+ 'where m.definition like ''%' + #find + '%'' and type in (''P'', ''V'') and is_ms_shipped = 0 order by s.[name], o.[name]'
exec sp_executeSQL #SQL
fetch next from db_cursor into #current_db
end
close db_cursor
deallocate db_cursor
declare obj_cursor cursor for select dbname, schemaname, objname, objtype, ansinulls, quotedidentifier from #objects order by dbname, objname
open obj_cursor
fetch next from obj_cursor into #current_db, #current_schema, #current_object, #current_type, #current_ansi, #current_quot
while ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
begin
set #fullname = #current_db + '.' + #current_schema + '.' + #current_object
set #preamble = CASE WHEN #current_ansi = 1 THEN 'SET ANSI_NULLS ON' ELSE 'SET ANSI_NULLS OFF' END + '; '
+ CASE WHEN #current_quot = 1 THEN 'SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON' ELSE 'SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF' END + '; '
print 'Altering ' + #fullname
if #current_type = 'P'
begin
set #SQL = 'use ' + #current_db + '; ' + #preamble + 'declare #newproc nvarchar(max);'
+ 'set #newproc = REPLACE(REPLACE(OBJECT_DEFINITION(OBJECT_ID(''' + #fullname + ''')), ''' + #find + ''', ''' + #replace + '''), ''CREATE PROCEDURE'', ''ALTER PROCEDURE''); '
+ 'exec sp_executeSQL #newproc'
exec sp_executeSQL #SQL
end
if #current_type = 'V'
begin
set #SQL = 'use ' + #current_db + '; ' + #preamble + 'declare #newproc nvarchar(max);'
+ 'set #newproc = REPLACE(REPLACE(OBJECT_DEFINITION(OBJECT_ID(''' + #fullname + ''')), ''' + #find + ''', ''' + #replace + '''), ''CREATE VIEW'', ''ALTER VIEW''); '
+ 'exec sp_executeSQL #newproc'
exec sp_executeSQL #SQL
end
fetch next from obj_cursor into #current_db, #current_schema, #current_object, #current_type, #current_ansi, #current_quot
end
close obj_cursor
deallocate obj_cursor
It also handles idiosyncratic ANSI_NULL and QUOTED_IDENTIFIER settings, and can be extended to handle the various types of function.
Be careful though! With great power comes great responsibility...
Update
I just realized the link in David's answer included the search function. again, it's a great answer.
David Atkinson's answer is great, just want to add the search part. (not sure when the search was added in SSMS, my version is SSMS V17.9.1)
Instead of selecting stored procedures one by one, I can do a search.
The search takes a wildcard, similar to 'like' in TSQL
There's no way to do this with built-in functionality. While it doesn't help you today, I'd suggest changing all of your references to synonyms while you're in there. That way, when this happens again in the future (and it will happen again), all of your external references are in one place and easily updated. Incidentally, I have a blog post on the latter.
I just run this code to find a specific text in all stored procedures:
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 '%textToFind%'
or m.definition Like '%\[ifTextIsAColNameWithBrackets\]%' ESCAPE '\';
If you have downtime available.
Go into "Generate scripts" and generate 'create' scripts for all of your sprocs you want to edit.
Replace the text in the script and just drop and re-create all of them.
Hmm, dropping and rebuilding all procedures worked, unfortunately it crashed the SQL server upon which the SCADA for a rather large factory relied.
It saved a bit of effort editing them individually and the factory was only stalled til I rebooted the server.
But exercise some caution methinks. I was fair crapping myself for a moment there.
I know you can right-click on the selected VIEW/SP and select CREATE-TO, and you can just copy the generated script. But this has to be done via a SQL Client.
What I wish to do is that whenever there is an update on the VIEW/SP by my vendor, I would like to perform the backup of the affected VIEW/SP before running the ALTER VIEW/SP command from my vendor. I wish to do this using script rather than human interface so as to reduce the risk of human errors.
Can anyone help?
This should get you started.
DECLARE #SQL VARCHAR(MAX)
SET #SQL = ( SELECT Routine_Definition
FROM ( SELECT Routine_Catalog, Routine_Schema, Routine_Name, Routine_Definition
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
WHERE Routine_type = 'PROCEDURE'
UNION ALL
SELECT Table_Catalog, Table_Schema, Table_Name, View_Definition
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS
) def
WHERE Routine_Catalog = 'YourDatabase'
AND Routine_Schema = 'YourSchema'
AND Routine_Name = 'YourView/SP'
)
IF #SQL IS NULL
RETURN
EXEC SP_RENAME 'YourDatabase.YourSchema.YourView/SP', 'NewName', 'OBJECT'
EXEC (#sql)
Following is the link where you can find how to create/alter/delete Stored procedure using C# code
You can create front end form(GUI) in C# or your desired technology and in in this form
you vendor enter the detail of stored procedures.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162190.aspx
Following are the scripts that you run in Database to find the detail of changes/Created stored procedures
SELECT name 'Alterd Procedures'
FROM sys.objects
WHERE type = 'P'
AND DATEDIFF(D,modify_date, GETDATE()) < 5
SELECT name 'Created Procedures'
FROM sys.objects
WHERE type = 'P'
AND DATEDIFF(D,create_date, GETDATE()) < 5
5 is the no of days, you can change this according to your need
you can change 'P' to 'V' for views
I am looking for a clean way to forward some demo data using a stored procedure. The data that I want to forward are date types. Due to the nature of my app, some of the data in my app will only appear when certain dates in the data are in the future. I hope this makes sense. : S
Since my database is ever expanding, I was thinking to write a stored procedure which essentially forwards all dates in all tables in my database that belongs to a demo user account. I will also keep track of the date the demo data was forwarded last. Obviously the stored proc will get run on login of a demo data, and when the difference between last date the demo data was forwarded and the current date has met a certain time difference (e.g. 30 days). This way I do not have to keep altering the script as much.
Now to the technical part:
I am using this to retrieve all the tables in the db:
Select
table_name
from
Information_Schema.Tables
Where
TABLE_TYPE like 'BASE TABLE'
and table_name not like 'Report_%'
and table_name not in ('Accounts', 'Manifest', 'System', 'Users')
What I need is a way to iterate through the table names, find the column names and column types. Then I wish to update all columns in each table that is of type datetime. I have read looping in SQL is not ideal, but I would like to minimise the number of database calls rather than putting this on the serverside code.
Am I going down the wrong path to solve this issue?
Thanks in advance.
I agree with the comment that it might not be a good idea to do this automatically and in a hidden manner, but if you want to you can use this.
(Note this assumes SQL Server)
select T.Name, C.Name
from sys.tables T
join sys.columns C
on T.object_id = C.object_id
and C.system_type_id = 61 -- I would do a little researcht o make sure 61 is all you need to return here
This will get you a list of all datetime columns, along with the table it is in by name.
Then the way I would accomplish it is to have a cursor which builds the update strings on the fly, and exec them kinda like:
DECLARE #UpdateString varchar(500)
DECLARE #DaysToAdd int
DECLARE #TableName VARCHAR(100)
DECLARE #ColumnName VARCHAR(100)
set #DaysToAdd = 10
DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR
select T.Name, C.Name
from sys.tables T
join sys.columns C
on T.object_id = C.object_id
and C.system_type_id = 61
OPEN db_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO #TableName, #ColumnName
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
set #UpdateString = 'Update ' + #TableName + ' set ' + #ColumnName + ' = dateadd(dd, ' + cast(#DaysToAdd as varchar) + ', ' + #ColumnName + ') where ...'
exec(#UpdateString)
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO #TableName, #ColumnName
END
CLOSE db_cursor
DEALLOCATE db_cursor
There are many things I don't like about this, the cursor, the fact its behind the scenes, and the exec call, along with I'm unsure how you will "update only the test data" since it will be very hard to write the where clause for a generic table in your database. But I think that will get you started.
On the side maybe you should think about having some test data population script which you can run to insert new data which satisfies your date requirements.
How to I get the SCHEMA when doing a select on sysobjects?
I am modifing a stored procedure called SearchObjectsForText which returns only the Name but I would also like to include the SCHEMA.
Right now it is doing something similar to this:
SELECT DISTINCT name
FROM sysobjects
I would like to know what tables need to be joined to return the SCHEME for each 'name'.
If you mean SQL Server 2005 or higher, use sys.objects instead of sysobjects:
SELECT sys.objects.name, sys.schemas.name AS schema_name
FROM sys.objects
INNER JOIN sys.schemas ON sys.objects.schema_id = sys.schemas.schema_id
2005 introduced schemas. up to 2000, users equaled schemas. The same query for SQL Server 2000:
SELECT sysusers.name AS OwnerName, sysobjects.name
FROM sysobjects
INNER JOIN sysusers ON sysobjects.uid = sysusers.uid
On Sql Server 2005 (and above) you can use the sys.objects view:
select
name as ObjectName,
schema_Name(schema_id) as SchemaName
from
sys.objects
In Sql Server 2000 (and below), "schema" had a different conceptual meaning. Note from MSDN:
In earlier releases of SQL Server, databases could contain an entity called a "schema", but that entity was effectively a database user. SQL Server 2005 is the first release of SQL Server in which a schema is both a container and a namespace.
Could you use the Information_Schema view(s) instead?
SELECT DISTINCT table_name, table_schema
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
According to the MSDN page (for SQL Server 2008 and above),
Do not use INFORMATION_SCHEMA views to determine the schema of an object. The only reliable way to find the schema of a object is to query the sys.objects catalog view.
However, it seems that they're probably referring to an issue where you have a table name and are trying to find its schema, which wouldn't work if there were multiple tables with the same name (in different schemas). If you're querying for multiple results (not just trying to find the schema for a specific table), then it should be fine.
I would favor using the more focused "sys" views - sys.procedures instead of sys.objects. You'll need to join it with the sys.schemas view to get schema name and such.
select
p.name,
s.name 'Schema',
p.type_desc, p.create_date, p.modify_date
from
sys.procedures p
inner join
sys.schemas s ON p.schema_id = s.schema_id
I would start to get away from using "sysobjects" since Microsoft clearly states in Books Online that "sysobjects" is subject to removal in a future release:
This SQL Server 2000 system table is included as a view for backward compatibility. We recommend that you use the current SQL Server system views instead. To find the equivalent system view or views, see Mapping SQL Server 2000 System Tables to SQL Server 2005 System Views. This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.
Marc
Just to repeat what's already been suggested here, here's what I've used, to get a list of Tables, Stored Procedures, Views and Functions in my database:
SELECT schema_Name(schema_id) as SchemaName,
[name], -- Name of the Table, Stored Procedure or Function
[type] -- 'V' for Views, 'U' for Table, 'P' for Stored Procedure, 'FN' for function
FROM sys.objects
WHERE [type_desc] IN ( 'USER_TABLE', 'SQL_STORED_PROCEDURE', 'VIEW', 'SQL_SCALAR_FUNCTION')
AND [name] NOT LIKE 'sp_%'
AND [name] NOT LIKE 'fn_%'
ORDER BY 3 DESC, -- type first
1 ASC, -- then schema
2 ASC -- then function/table name
...and here's what our good friend Northwind would return...
In SQL 200:
select DISTINCT
name as ObjectName,
USER_NAME(uid) as SchemaName
from
sysobjects
In earlier releases of SQL Server, databases could contain an entity called a "schema", but that entity was effectively a database user.
Have included an option to delete all objects starting with certain prefix and optionally from certain schema.
By the way, I added extra query to get all types which are not stored on sysobjects by default.
I have uploaded entire sample script to GitHub:
DropAll_Dnn_Objects.sql
Part 1: Temporary Stored Procedure:
IF OBJECT_ID('_temp_DropAllDnnObjects') IS NOT NULL
DROP PROCEDURE _temp_DropAllDnnObjects;
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE _temp_DropAllDnnObjects
#object_prefix NVARCHAR(30),
#schema_name sysname = NULL
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #sname sysname, #name sysname, #type NVARCHAR(30)
DECLARE #object_type NVARCHAR(255), #sql NVARCHAR(2000), #count INT = 0
DECLARE curs CURSOR FOR
SELECT sname, [name], xtype
FROM (
SELECT SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) as sname, [name], [type] as xtype
FROM sys.objects
WHERE [type] IN ('U', 'P', 'FN', 'IF', 'TF', 'V', 'TR')
AND name LIKE #object_prefix + '%'
AND (#schema_name IS NULL OR schema_id = SCHEMA_ID(#schema_name))
UNION ALL
SELECT SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) as sname, [name], 'TYPE' as xtype
FROM sys.types
WHERE is_user_defined = 1
AND [name] LIKE #object_prefix + '%'
AND (#schema_name IS NULL OR schema_id = SCHEMA_ID(#schema_name))
) a
ORDER BY CASE xtype
WHEN 'P' THEN 1
WHEN 'FN' THEN 2
WHEN 'IF' THEN 3
WHEN 'TF' THEN 4
WHEN 'TR' THEN 5
WHEN 'V' THEN 6
WHEN 'U' THEN 7
WHEN 'TYPE' THEN 8
ELSE 9
END, name
OPEN curs;
FETCH NEXT FROM curs INTO #sname, #name, #type;
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET #count = #count + 1
-- Configuration point 2
SET #object_type = CASE #type
WHEN 'P' THEN 'PROCEDURE'
WHEN 'FN' THEN 'FUNCTION'
WHEN 'IF' THEN 'FUNCTION'
WHEN 'TF' THEN 'FUNCTION'
WHEN 'TR' THEN 'TRIGGER'
WHEN 'V' THEN 'VIEW'
WHEN 'U' THEN 'TABLE'
WHEN 'TYPE' THEN 'TYPE'
END
SET #sql = REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE('DROP <TYPE> [<SCHEMA>].[<NAME>];',
'<TYPE>', #object_type),
'<SCHEMA>', #sname),
'<NAME>', #name)
BEGIN TRY
PRINT #sql
EXEC(#sql)
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
PRINT 'ERROR: ' + ERROR_MESSAGE()
END CATCH
FETCH NEXT FROM curs INTO #sname, #name, #type;
END;
PRINT CONCAT('Objects Found: ', #Count)
PRINT ''
PRINT '------------------------------------------------------'
PRINT ''
CLOSE curs;
DEALLOCATE curs;
RETURN #Count
END;
GO
It will continue on errors (and display the error message). It will return a count of all objects found.
Part 2: Call Stored Procedure with parameters:
You can create a WHILE loop in order to run the command until no object is left (dependencies), as follows:
DECLARE #count INT = 1
WHILE #count > 0 EXEC #count = _temp_DropAllDnnObjects 'dnn';
SET #count = 1
WHILE #count > 0 EXEC #count = _temp_DropAllDnnObjects 'aspnet';
SET #count = 1
WHILE #count > 0 EXEC #count = _temp_DropAllDnnObjects 'vw_aspnet';
GO
Part 3: Finally, get rid of the procedure:
IF OBJECT_ID('_temp_DropAllDnnObjects') IS NOT NULL
DROP PROCEDURE _temp_DropAllDnnObjects;
GO
Instead of a view, why not use this to populate a temporary table you can use?
This is the solution I use in stored procedures
This is the best way to get a schema dynamically and add it to the different tables within a database in order to get other information dynamically
select #sql = 'insert #tables SELECT ''[''+SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id)+''.''+name+'']'' AS SchemaTable FROM sys.tables'
exec (#sql)
of course #tables is a dynamic table in the stored procedure