How to identify all stored procedures referring a particular table

I created a table on development environment for testing purpose and there are few sp's which are refreing this table. Now I have have to drop this table as well as identify all sp's which are referring this table. I am facing difficulty to find list of all sp's. Please suggest some query by assuming that the table name is 'x' and database is sql server 2005.


Solution 1:

SELECT Name
FROM sys.procedures
WHERE OBJECT_DEFINITION(OBJECT_ID) LIKE '%TableNameOrWhatever%'

BTW -- here is a handy resource for this type of question: Querying the SQL Server System Catalog FAQ

Solution 2:

The following works on SQL2008 and above. Provides a list of both stored procedures and functions.

select distinct [Table Name] = o.Name, [Found In] = sp.Name, sp.type_desc
  from sys.objects o inner join sys.sql_expression_dependencies  sd on o.object_id = sd.referenced_id
                inner join sys.objects sp on sd.referencing_id = sp.object_id
                    and sp.type in ('P', 'FN')
  where o.name = 'YourTableName'
  order by sp.Name