Read Stored procedure text from java code.

forgot to mention this. we are using JSQLConnect to connect to SQL server DB

This may not be the java answer you want, but it is a lot easier.  

In enterprise manager, go to the desired database, expand the stored procedure catigory, right click on a stored proc, go to "all tasks", then to "Generate SQL Script", click on the show all button and put a check mark next to "all stored procedures"

Duane

Duane,
The reason I need to access the text in java is to look for at particular string and see it is commented.i should given more details. currently im calling "sp_helpText SPName" , looping thru the text and calculating based on the occurences of "/*" and "*/" , relative to the String i am looking for.

I prefer not to use the system tables.  You can look at information_schema.routines:

select routine_name,routine_definition from information_schema.routines

You can use Charindex and Substring to find your comment marks....NOW, the only caveat I would give about the information_schema views for the routines is they only return 4000bytes for the routine.  So, if it's over 4000bytes, you do have to use the system tables.

Brett

sample code:

        String[][] spNames = new String[1][1];
        String[] spName = new String[1];
        try {
            spNames = dbConn.executeSQL("select distinct so.name from syscomments sc \n" +
                    "\tinner join sysobjects so on sc.id = so.id \n" +
                    "\twhere xtype = 'P' \n" +
                    "\tAND charindex('psg_prog_alleg_id', text) > 0");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    outer: for(int i = 0 ;i <spNames.length ; i++){
            spName = spNames[i];

            String[][] sp = new String[1][1];
            try {
                sp = dbConn.executeSQL("sp_helptext " + spName[0]);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            String allText = "";
            for (int k = 0; k < sp.length; k++) {
                allText += sp[k][0];
            }
            int psgIndex = allText.lastIndexOf("psg_prog_alleg_id");
            if(psgIndex == -1 )
                psgIndex = allText.lastIndexOf("Psg_prog_alleg_id");
            if(psgIndex == -1 )
                psgIndex = allText.lastIndexOf("PSG_PROG_ALLEG_ID");
            if(psgIndex == -1 )
                psgIndex = allText.lastIndexOf("Psg_Prog_Alleg_id");
            if(psgIndex == -1){
                System.out.println("\n\n\n " + spName[0] + "\n\n\n");
                return;
            }

            String firstHalf = allText.substring(0,psgIndex);
            String secondHalf = allText.substring(psgIndex,allText.length());
            int firstHalfCS = firstHalf.lastIndexOf("/*");
            int firstHalfCE = firstHalf.lastIndexOf("*/");
            if(firstHalfCE < firstHalfCS){
                System.out.println("commented" + spName[0]);
                continue outer;
            }

            PrintWriter out1 = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("C:\\backup\\Allegation\\10-26\\dev\\"+spName[0] +".txt",true)));
            for (int j = 0; j < sp.length; j++) {
                String[] strings = sp[j];
                out1.println(strings[0]);
                //System.out.println("value: " + strings[0]);
            }
            out1.close();

        }

That might not totally work with SQL2005....