search string in all procedures

Former Member — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:52:57 GMT

I want to search a string called "Insert into dba.t_table" in all procedures on sql anywhere 12.0

Currently I am using

select proc_name, * from sysprocedure where source like '%INSERT INTO dba.t_table%'

which gives only 5 rows. But sometimes we write code such as

INSERT INTO
   dba.t_table

So there is a whole line space after INSERT INTO. So I am not sure if that will give accurate results or no. Then I tried below,

select proc_name, * from sysprocedure where source like '%dba.t_table%'

But this gives 95 rows. (too much)

Any other easy and accurate way to search this?

Re: search string in all procedures

VolkerBarth — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:42:21 GMT

If you are concerned with identifying whitespace, you may use SIMILAR TO instead of LIKE, something like (the untested):

WHERE source SIMILAR TO '%INSERT INTO[[:whitespace:]]+dba.t_table%'

BTW: You should also make sure that the "preserve_source_format option" is set, otherwise the "source" column may be NULL. If it is not set, you can search within column "proc_defn", which will contain the code in possibly reformatted way.

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