How to create a duplicate copy of a SQL Server stored proc or view with a new name?

Suppose I have a stored procedure proc_MyTestProc.

I want to create a backup copy of this proc called proc_MyTestProc_{timestamp}, and create a new instance of this proc in its place. Here is my current method:

1. Run sp_rename on proc_MyTestProc, appending the timestamp.
2. Run the new CREATE script for the new version of proc_MyTestProc.

The problem with this method is that it doesn't work with replication. The original procedure retains the same object ID. The procedure created in step #2 is what I want to be replicated to another DB, yet it has a new object ID, so it doesn't replicate.

Is there an alternative to SP_RENAME that creates a copy of the object with a new object ID?

I am running开发者_JAVA技巧 SQL Server 2005.

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DECLARE @old VARCHAR(255),
        @new VARCHAR(255),
        @sql NVARCHAR(MAX),
        @myid UNIQUEIDENTIFIER

SET @myid = NEWID();


SELECT @old = 'invoice_validation_sp', @new = @old + CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(), 112)

SELECT @sql = REPLACE(OBJECT_DEFINITION(OBJECT_ID),@old, @new) 
FROM sys.procedures 
WHERE name = @old

EXECUTE sp_executesql @sql

You can always do something like this...