To quickly look through your stored procedure objects for a text value in a database instance, do the following: use [Metro] go SELECT ROUTINE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES WHERE ROUTINE_DEFINITION LIKE '%whatyouarelookingfor%' AND ROUTINE_TYPE = 'PROCEDURE' Now, this is no replacement for a configuration management repository, but it will do in a pinch. BTW, remember this sql statement does NOT transcend all databases on the server, just a single db instance ......