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I've got various databases, and what to be sure I am removing something (a view in this case) that is truly orphaned. Is the the correct SQL to be using:

SELECT r.routine_name, 
       r.routine_definition
  FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES r
 WHERE r.routine_definition LIKE '%my_view_name%'

The problem with it is that these references aren't picking up declarations in stored procedures, and I don't know what else.

I found the SO Question I'd remembered, but it's not helping either. This:

SELECT t.*
  FROM SYSCOMMENTS t
 WHERE CHARINDEX('my_view_name', t.text) > 0

...is close. I get the body of the stored procedure that I know is using the view, but I'm having trouble getting the actual procedure name.

A: 

Your method is not fully correct. Read this article:

http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1294

Your method will not return any result if another view uses this view.

SQL Server 2008 has special view (sys.dm_sql_referencing_entities), here it is not that easy.

LukLed
If you want to use syscomments and get object name:SELECT object_name(t.id),t.*FROM SYSCOMMENTS tWHERE CHARINDEX('V_MIEJSCE', t.text) > 0
LukLed
@LukLed: I didn't want to, just wanted to know what's best to use. Per gbn's answer, it isn't.
OMG Ponies
A: 

I am not sure but i guess you can use something like this if your view is used in some stored procedure

Select * from syscomments c inner join sysobjects o on c.id =o.id where text like '%my_view_name%' and xtype ='p'

Neil
does not work for long code...
gbn
@gbn: Long code means long stored procedure???
Neil
@Neil: The text column is truncated to the 1st 4,000 characters so if the string you are looking for isn't entirely within that 4,000 character limit, the SQL will return a false negative.
OMG Ponies
+4  A: 

You have one option only.

select
    object_name(m.object_id), m.*
from
    sys.sql_modules m
where
    m.definition like N'%my_view_name%'

syscomments and INFORMATION_SCHEMA.routines have nvarchar(4000) columns. So if "myViewName" is used at position 3998, it won't be found. syscomments does have multiple lines but ROUTINES truncates.

gbn