Search for SQL in your databases with Red Gate SQL Search
I’ve been using Red-Gates sql prompt for about 3 years now. Their new SQL Search tool is unbelievable. It just saved me from recreating a stored procedure that I had created twice before!
Why use Red Gate’s SQL Search?
Impact Analysis
You want to rename one of your table columns but arent sure what stored procedures reference it. Using SQL Search, you can search for the column name and find all the stored procedures where it is used.
Work faster
Finding anything in the SSMS object tree requires a lot of clicking. Using SQL Search, you can press the shortcut combo, start typing the name, and jump right there.
Make your life easier
You need to find stored procedures you’ve not yet finished writing. Using SQL Search, you can search for stored procedures containing the text TODO.
Increase efficiency, reduce errors
You are a DBA, and developers keep using ‘SELECT *’ in their views and stored procedures. You want to find all these and replace them with a correct list of columns to improve performance and prevent future bugs. Using SQL Search, you can look for ’SELECT *’ in the text of stored procedures and views.
via Search for SQL in your databases with Red Gate SQL Search.