How to search Stored Procedures in SQL Server

The following stored procedure will list all stored procedure names whose text contains the parameter search string:


CREATE PROCEDURE Find_Text_In_SP
@StringToSearch varchar(100)
AS
SET @StringToSearch = '%' +@StringToSearch + '%'
SELECT Distinct SO.Name
FROM sysobjects SO (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN syscomments SC (NOLOCK) on SO.Id = SC.ID
AND SO.Type = 'P'
AND SC.Text LIKE @stringtosearch
ORDER BY SO.Name
GO


The following stored procedure list all stored procedure names whose text contains the parameter search string:


CREATE PROCEDURE Find_SPName_With_Text
@StringToSearch varchar(100)
AS
SET @StringToSearch = '%' + @StringToSearch + '%'
SELECT DISTINCT SO.NAME
FROM SYSOBJECTS SO (NOLOCK)
WHERE SO.TYPE = 'P'
AND SO.NAME LIKE @StringToSearch
ORDER BY SO.Name
GO