sp_helptext (Transact-SQL)
Displays the definition of a user-defined rule, default, unencrypted Transact-SQL stored procedure, user-defined Transact-SQL function, trigger, computed column, CHECK constraint, view, or system object such as a system stored procedure.
Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
- [ @objname = ] 'name'
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Is the qualified or nonqualified name of a user-defined, schema-scoped object. Quotation marks are required only if a qualified object is specified. If a fully qualified name, including a database name, is provided, the database name must be the name of the current database. The object must be in the current database. name is nvarchar(776), with no default.
- [ @columnname = ] 'computed_column_name'
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Is the name of the computed column for which to display definition information. The table that contains the column must be specified as name. column_name is sysname, with no default.
sp_helptext displays the definition that is used to create an object in multiple rows. Each row contains 255 characters of the Transact-SQL definition. The definition resides in the definition column in the sys.sql_modules catalog view.
A. Displaying the definition of a trigger
The following example displays the definition of the uBillOfMaterials trigger in the AdventureWorks database.
USE AdventureWorks; GO EXEC sp_helptext 'Production.uBillOfMaterials'; GO
B. Displaying the definition of a computed column
The following example displays the definition of the computed column TotalDue on the SalesOrderHeader table in the AdventureWorks database.
USE AdventureWorks; GO sp_helptext @objname = N'AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderHeader', @columnname = TotalDue ; GO
Here is the result set.
Text -------------------------------------------- (isnull(([SubTotal]+[TaxAmt])+[Freight],(0)))