MS SQL 2008 - get all table names and their row counts in a DB

Question

I'm trying to identify which tables are affected by a data update though an application (developed by others). There are more than 200 tables in the DB and I'd like to avoid checking each of them for changes.

Is there any other way where I can list all table names along with their row count?

select table_name from information_schema.tables

List out all the tables in my DB buy how do I include number of rows as well?

Answer 1

SELECT sc.name +'.'+ ta.name TableName
 ,SUM(pa.rows) RowCnt
 FROM sys.tables ta
 INNER JOIN sys.partitions pa
 ON pa.OBJECT_ID = ta.OBJECT_ID
 INNER JOIN sys.schemas sc
 ON ta.schema_id = sc.schema_id
 WHERE ta.is_ms_shipped = 0 AND pa.index_id IN (1,0)
 GROUP BY sc.name,ta.name
 ORDER BY SUM(pa.rows) DESC

See this:

• SQL SERVER – Find Row Count in Table – Find Largest Table in Database.