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Find missing MS SQL Object References
-- http://en.gravatar.com/sqlmonger
SELECT
QuoteName(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(referencing_id)) + '.' + QuoteName(OBJECT_NAME(referencing_id)) AS [this Object...],
o.type_desc,
ISNULL(QuoteName(referenced_server_name) + '.', '')
+ ISNULL(QuoteName(referenced_database_name) + '.', '')
+ ISNULL(QuoteName(referenced_schema_name) + '.', '')
+ QuoteName(referenced_entity_name) AS [... depends ON this missing entity name]
,sed.referenced_class_desc
,case when o.type_desc in( 'SQL_STORED_PROCEDURE' ,'SQL_SCALAR_FUNCTION' ,'SQL_TRIGGER' ,'VIEW')
then 'EXEC sys.sp_refreshsqlmodule ''' + QuoteName(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(referencing_id)) + '.' + QuoteName(OBJECT_NAME(referencing_id)) + ''';'
else null
end as [Refresh SQL Module command]
FROM sys.sql_expression_dependencies as sed
LEFT JOIN sys.objects o
ON sed.referencing_id=o.object_id
WHERE (is_ambiguous = 0)
AND (OBJECT_ID(ISNULL(QuoteName(referenced_server_name) + '.', '')
+ ISNULL(QuoteName(referenced_database_name) + '.', '')
+ ISNULL(QuoteName(referenced_schema_name) + '.', '')
+ QuoteName(referenced_entity_name)) IS NULL)
AND NOT EXISTS
(SELECT *
FROM sys.types
WHERE types.name = referenced_entity_name
AND types.schema_id = ISNULL(SCHEMA_ID(referenced_schema_name), SCHEMA_ID('dbo'))
)
ORDER BY [this Object...],
[... depends ON this missing entity name]
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