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sqlcountsp-msforeachdb

SQL get table row count for specific table in DB

How Can i iterate thru the all my DB's and get a row count for each employee table? Each client is has there own DB, need to find the total employees in each DB.

Been trying to figure out how to use sp_MSforeachdb 

sp_MSforeachdb 
@command1 = 'select count(*) from employee'

Can output in seperate tables or would be good in one table wiht the DB name.

Solution

  • How about

        DECLARE @sql nvarchar(1000)
    SET @sql = 'Use [?];'
      + 'IF (EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = ''dbo'' AND  TABLE_NAME = ''employee''))'
      + ' BEGIN'
      + ' SELECT COUNT(*) from [employee]'
      + ' END'
   exec sp_MSforeachDB @sql

    TABLE_SCHEMA = ''dbo'' is optional here in most cases...