Author | Stephen Bennett, sqlnotesfromtheunderground.wordpress.com |
Availability | Windows, Linux, macOS |
Want to see the source code for this command? Check out Find-DbaStoredProcedure on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Find-DbaStoredProcedure.
Returns all stored procedures that contain a specific case-insensitive string or regex pattern.
This function can either run against specific databases or all databases searching all user or user and system stored procedures.
Find-DbaStoredProcedure
[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>
[[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
[[-Database] <Object[]>]
[[-ExcludeDatabase] <Object[]>]
[-Pattern] <String>
[-IncludeSystemObjects]
[-IncludeSystemDatabases]
[-EnableException]
[<CommonParameters>]
PS C:\> Find-DbaStoredProcedure -SqlInstance DEV01 -Pattern whatever
Searches all user databases stored procedures for "whatever" in the text body
PS C:\> Find-DbaStoredProcedure -SqlInstance sql2016 -Pattern '\w+@\w+\.\w+'
Searches all databases for all stored procedures that contain a valid email pattern in the text body
PS C:\> Find-DbaStoredProcedure -SqlInstance DEV01 -Database MyDB -Pattern 'some string' -Verbose
Searches in "mydb" database stored procedures for "some string" in the text body
PS C:\> Find-DbaStoredProcedure -SqlInstance sql2016 -Database MyDB -Pattern RUNTIME -IncludeSystemObjects
Searches in "mydb" database stored procedures for "runtime" in the text body
The target SQL Server instance or instances. This can be a collection and receive pipeline input
Alias | |
Required | True |
Pipeline | true (ByValue) |
Default Value |
String pattern that you want to search for in the stored procedure text body
Alias | |
Required | True |
Pipeline | false |
Default Value |
Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).
Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory - Integrated are all supported.
For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.
Alias | |
Required | False |
Pipeline | false |
Default Value |
The database(s) to process - this list is auto-populated from the server. If unspecified, all databases will be processed.
Alias | |
Required | False |
Pipeline | false |
Default Value |
The database(s) to exclude - this list is auto-populated from the server
Alias | |
Required | False |
Pipeline | false |
Default Value |
By default, system stored procedures are ignored but you can include them within the search using this parameter.
Warning - this will likely make it super slow if you run it on all databases.
Alias | |
Required | False |
Pipeline | false |
Default Value | False |
By default system databases are ignored but you can include them within the search using this parameter
Alias | |
Required | False |
Pipeline | false |
Default Value | False |
By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.
This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting.
Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch.
Alias | |
Required | False |
Pipeline | false |
Default Value | False |