Comments on: Why You Can’t Trust sysdepends

By: HowTo parsed Stored Procs to get a list of tables and columns referenced in WHERE, GROUP BY, AND JOIN clauses

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 02:13:17 +0000

[…] & sys.sql_modules have some known limitations… and you probably don’t want to perform string-parsing gymnastics if […]

By: ThomasLaRock

ThomasLaRock — Tue, 20 May 2014 14:28:00 +0000

In reply to Kyle Mitofsky. Thanks Kyle! Much appreciated!

By: Kyle Mitofsky

Kyle Mitofsky — Fri, 16 May 2014 15:16:00 +0000

In reply to Thomas LaRock.

@johnsansom:disqus and @ThomasLaRock:disqus, you can use sp_refreshsqlmodule to update the dependencies with having to alter the SP.

Here’s a script to help run refreshsqlmodule on your database:

https://gist.github.com/KyleMit/a94288a339ade6529a65

DECLARE @str NVARCHAR(MAX) SELECT @str = N''


SELECT @str = @str + 'exec sp_refreshsqlmodule '''

        + SCHEMA_NAME([schema_id]) + '.' + OBJECT_NAME([object_id])

        + '''' + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)

FROM  sys.objects o

WHERE [type] IN ('FN', 'IF', 'P', 'TF', 'V')

AND is_ms_shipped = 0

AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM sys.sql_modules m

        WHERE m.[object_id] = o.[object_id]

        AND m.[definition] like '%WITH SCHEMABINDING%')

ORDER BY OBJECT_NAME([object_id])

PRINT @Str EXEC sp_executesql @str

By: Can we trust it? Sys Depends. | Secret SQL

Can we trust it? Sys Depends. | Secret SQL — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:21:03 +0000

[…] reading this article on sysdepends and some of the pitfalls you might get when using it I thought I’d share an […]

By: Juber

Juber — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 06:20:00 +0000

This is the most common thing that happens when an object is recreated. You must be getting the error similar to “Cannot add rows to sysdepends for the current stored procedure because it depends on the missing object” when you compile a store proc which depends on another. Best way to avoid this is to make sure that all the procs are compiled twice on PROD during release.

By: Lost in Translation - Deprecated System Tables - sysdepends | Strate SQL

Lost in Translation - Deprecated System Tables - sysdepends | Strate SQL — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:00:32 +0000

[…] information on the catalog views are incorrect. Rather than explaining it here, you should read this post from Thomas LaRock (Blog | @SQLRockstar) and this one by Aaron Bertrand (Blog | […]

By: T-SQL: How to Search Stored Procedures » Code of Duty.

T-SQL: How to Search Stored Procedures » Code of Duty. — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:39:52 +0000

[…] 1. CTRL F – If this doesn’t sound absurd, you’re probably at the wrong place. 2. SYSDEPENDS – System dependencies will fail you. […]