How to find the list of unused stored procedures in SQL Server 2005?

Question

Hi,
I need to find out the list of stored procedures which are not in use.
I found there is something called "sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats " for SQL server 2008.
Can you please suggest your ides here to do the same job for SQL server 2005.
Many Thanks.

Answer 1

In SQL 2005 there is, sort of. This is query lists the last execution
time for all SQL modules in a database:
   SELECT object_name(m.object_id), MAX(qs.last_execution_time)
   FROM   sys.sql_modules m
   LEFT   JOIN (sys.dm_exec_query_stats qs
                CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text (qs.sql_handle) st) 
          ON m.object_id = st.objectid
         AND st.dbid = db_id()
   GROUP  BY object_name(m.object_id)
But there are tons of caveats. The starting point of this query is
the dynamic management view dm_exec_query_stats, and the contents is
per *query plan*. If a stored procedure contains several queries, 
there are more than one entry for the procedure in dm_exec_query_stats.
Best Regards,Uri Dimant SQL Server MVP,
http://sqlblog.com/blogs/uri_dimant/
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