The two highest voted answers use a lot of deprecated tables that should be avoided.
Here's a much cleaner way to do it.
Get all the tables on which a stored procedure depends:
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SELECT DISTINCT p.name AS proc_name, t.name AS table_name
FROM sys.sql_dependencies d
INNER JOIN sys.procedures p ON p.object_id = d.object_id
INNER JOIN sys.tables t ON t.object_id = d.referenced_major_id
ORDER BY proc_name, table_name
Works with MS SQL SERVER 2005+
List of Changes:
sysdepends
should be replaced with sys.sql_dependencies
- The new table uses
object_id
instead of id
- The new table uses
referenced_major_id
instead of depid
- Using
sysobjects
should be replaced with more focused system catalog views
- Also, there is really no need for a CTE which uses
ROW_NUMBER()
just in order to make sure we only have one of each record set returned. That's what DISTINCT
is there for!
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In fact, SQL is smart enough to use DISTINCT behind the scenes.
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I submit into evidence: Exhibit A. The following queries have the same Execution Plan!
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-- Complex
WITH MyPeople AS (
SELECT id, name,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY id, name ORDER BY id, name) AS row
FROM People)
SELECT id, name
FROM MyPeople
WHERE row = 1
-- Better
SELECT DISTINCT id, name
FROM People