A common task within SQL is to search an objects definition for a particular reference. This might be a table, column, procedure, function or view name. Below are a few techniques for achieving this. I’ve also highlighted some tables that are related to SQL Server Maintenance Plans and how to start searching interrogating the data tied to these.
/* Searching Object Definitions in SQL. sys.sql_modules is a fairly complete way to achieve this but there's a myriad of options below, including a way to look into SQL Maintainence plans (add a where clause on the command column to filter this down) */ DECLARE @SEARCH_TERM NVARCHAR(MAX) = '%tblSYS_SCHEMA_COLUMN%'; --Full raw objects that reference tempID (or the SEARCH_TERM) in Views (for reference, select only), Triggers, SP's and Functions SELECT so.name , sm.[definition] , so.type_desc FROM sys.sql_modules sm INNER JOIN sys.objects so ON sm.object_id = so.object_id WHERE sm.[definition] LIKE @SEARCH_TERM ORDER BY so.type_desc, so.name; --Raw results from sys.procedures (SP's only) - Use for verification with the above sys.sql_modules results SELECT * FROM sys.procedures sp WHERE OBJECT_DEFINITION(OBJECT_ID) LIKE @SEARCH_TERM ORDER BY sp.name; --Results from the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES system view (encapsulating SP's and Functions) - Use for verification with the above sys.sql_modules results SELECT ir.SPECIFIC_NAME , ir.ROUTINE_TYPE , ir.* FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES ir WHERE ir.ROUTINE_DEFINITION LIKE @SEARCH_TERM ORDER BY ir.ROUTINE_TYPE DESC, ir.SPECIFIC_NAME; --Check SQL Jobs (Maintenance Plans) for the search term being imbedded in the SELECT sj.name , sj.[enabled] , sjs.step_name , sjs.subsystem , sjs.command --Filter the command (by adding a WHERE clause) column by the search term (TSQL subsystems) FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs sj INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobsteps sjs ON sj.job_id = sjs.job_id WHERE sjs.command LIKE @SEARCH_TERM ORDER BY sj.name; /* SQL JOB TABLES FOR REFERENCE SELECT * FROM msdb.dbo.SysJobs SELECT * FROM msdb.dbo.SysJobSteps SELECT * FROM msdb.dbo.SysJobSchedules SELECT * FROM msdb.dbo.SysJobServers SELECT * FROM msdb.dbo.SysJobHistory */