SET NOCOUNT ON; IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#objects') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #objects CREATE TABLE #objects ( obj_id INT PRIMARY KEY , obj_name NVARCHAR(1000) , err_message NVARCHAR(3000) NOT NULL , obj_type CHAR(2) NOT NULL ) INSERT INTO #objects (obj_id, obj_name, err_message, obj_type) SELECT t.referencing_id , obj_name = QUOTENAME(SCHEMA_NAME(o.[schema_id])) + '.' + QUOTENAME(o.name) , 'Invalid object name ''' + t.obj_name + '''' , o.[TYPE] FROM ( SELECT d.referencing_id , obj_name = MAX(COALESCE(d.referenced_database_name + '.', '') + COALESCE(d.referenced_schema_name + '.', '') + d.referenced_entity_name) FROM sys.sql_expression_dependencies d WHERE d.is_ambiguous = 0 AND d.referenced_id IS NULL AND d.referenced_server_name IS NULL -- ignore objects from Linked server AND CASE d.referenced_class -- if does not exist WHEN 1 -- object THEN OBJECT_ID( ISNULL(QUOTENAME(d.referenced_database_name), DB_NAME()) + '.' + ISNULL(QUOTENAME(d.referenced_schema_name), SCHEMA_NAME()) + '.' + QUOTENAME(d.referenced_entity_name)) WHEN 6 -- or user datatype THEN TYPE_ID( ISNULL(d.referenced_schema_name, SCHEMA_NAME()) + '.' + d.referenced_entity_name) WHEN 10 -- or XML schema THEN ( SELECT 1 FROM sys.xml_schema_collections x WHERE x.name = d.referenced_entity_name AND x.[schema_id] = ISNULL(SCHEMA_ID(d.referenced_schema_name), SCHEMA_ID()) ) END IS NULL GROUP BY d.referencing_id ) t JOIN sys.objects o ON t.referencing_id = o.[object_id] WHERE LEN(t.obj_name) > 4 -- hide valid aliases