How to find a particular database table in the code

Question

User496086301 posted

I have a old application , no solution file ,around 500 aspx pages. Any easy way to find a particular database table used in which page?

Answer 1

User475983607 posted
Use the Find feature in Visual Studio, Ctrl-f, to find the table name string.

Answer 2

User496086301 posted

Open each page and look?

Answer 3

User475983607 posted

Open each page and look?

Visual Studio has a built-in "Find" feature where you can search the current project or solution; ctrl+shift+f.

Or click the edit drop down menu and go to Find and Replace.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/finding-and-replacing-text?view=vs-2017

Answer 4

User1724605321 posted

Hi sushsudh,

If you need feature like multiline search and replace in Visual Studio , you can also try some extensions like this one :

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PeterMacej.MultilineSearchandReplace 

Best Regards,

Nan Yu

Answer 5

User379720387 posted

CTRL F

then set the scope of the search to "entire solution"

Answer 6

User753101303 posted

Hi,

No. You can search for a string in all files in a project or solution :

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/find-in-files?view=vs-2017

Even with no solution you should be able to use File, Open, Web Site to "open" this folder and search for a string in all files stored there....