SQL to search objects, including stored procedures, in Oracle

i reached this question while trying to find all procedures which use a certain table

Oracle SQL Developer offers this capability, as pointed out in this article : https://www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2012/09/search-and-browse-database-objects-with-oracle-sql-developer/

From the View menu, choose Find DB Object. Choose a DB connection. Enter the name of the table. At Object Types, keep only functions, procedures and packages. At Code section, check All source lines.

I would use DBA_SOURCE (if you have access to it) because if the object you require is not owned by the schema under which you are logged in you will not see it.

If you need to know the functions and Procs inside the packages try something like this:

select * from all_source
 where type = 'PACKAGE'
   and (upper(text) like '%FUNCTION%' or upper(text) like '%PROCEDURE%')
   and owner != 'SYS';

The last line prevents all the sys stuff (DBMS_ et al) from being returned. This will work in user_source if you just want your own schema stuff.

I'm not sure I quite understand the question but if you want to search objects on the database for a particular search string try:

SELECT owner, name, type, line, text 
FROM dba_source
WHERE instr(UPPER(text), UPPER(:srch_str)) > 0;

From there if you need any more info you can just look up the object / line number.

For views you can use:

SELECT *
FROM dba_views
WHERE instr(UPPER(text_vc), UPPER(:srch_str)) > 0

i'm not sure if i understand you, but to query the source code of your triggers, procedures, package and functions you can try with the "user_source" table.

select * from user_source