anyone know if it's possible to get object dependencies in mysql 5.0 in any other way besides parsing the view/proc/function code for table names, etc?

I am hoping there is a table like MSSQL's sysdepends, but haven't found one though.

I have a feeling I'll be reduced to parsing the code to discover this - please tell me I'm wrong here

I'm sorry to tell you, but as far as I know there is nothing like that in MySQL 5.0. MySQL 5.1.10 has the IFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINT table. That's the first step towards someting like sysdepends I guess ...

Gr,
Yveau