You can put the stored procedure in the master database and prefix the name with sp_. When you want to execute it, do so from the database of interest. Since the proc's name begins with sp_, SQL Server will first look in the master database. Finding it there, SQL Server will execute it in the context of your database.

-Mike

>I have several databases on my server that have the same structure. I have a stored procedure that I want to run periodically on each database. Instead of copying the same sp to each database, I could add it to master. If I do that, how do I tell it which database tables I want to reference? I get 'invalid object name' because it looks like it switches to the master database to run the sp. Tell me if I am not making sense.
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>TIA