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This query will return the number of tables in the specified database. USE YourDatabaseName SELECT COUNT(*) from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE' Following is another way this can be done for all user tables with SQL Server 2008+. The reference is here. SELECT COUNT(...

The following queries will return a list of all Stored Procedures in the database, with basic information about each Stored Procedure: SQL Server 2005 SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES WHERE ROUTINE_TYPE = 'PROCEDURE' The ROUTINE_NAME, ROUTINE_SCHEMA and ROUTINE_DEFINITION columns are...

Method 1: Below query will be applicable for SQL Server 2000+ version (Contains 12 columns) SELECT * FROM dbo.sysdatabases Method 2: Below query extract information about databases with more informations (ex: State, Isolation, recovery model etc.) Note: This is a catalog view and will be availa...

Display all data files for all databases with size and growth info SELECT d.name AS 'Database', d.database_id, SF.fileid, SF.name AS 'LogicalFileName', CASE SF.status & 0x100000 WHEN 1048576 THEN 'Percentage' WHEN 0 THEN 'MB...

The following query returns the database options and metadata: select * from sys.databases WHERE name = 'MyDatabaseName';

SELECT s.name + '.' + t.NAME AS TableName, SUM(a.used_pages)*8 AS 'TableSizeKB' --a page in SQL Server is 8kb FROM sys.tables t JOIN sys.schemas s on t.schema_id = s.schema_id LEFT JOIN sys.indexes i ON t.OBJECT_ID = i.object_id LEFT JOIN sys.partitions p ON i.object_id = ...

This will show the user type and permission path (which windows group the user is getting its permissions from). xp_logininfo 'DOMAIN\user'

This query will return all COLUMNS and their associated TABLES for a given column name. It is designed to show you what tables (unknown) contain a specified column (known) SELECT c.name AS ColName, t.name AS TableName FROM sys.columns c JOIN sys.tables t ON c.object_id = t.o...

It is sometimes useful to verify that your work on Developer edition hasn't introduced a dependency on any features restricted to Enterprise edition. You can do this using the sys.dm_db_persisted_sku_features system view, like so: SELECT * FROM sys.dm_db_persisted_sku_features Against the datab...

This script, from here and here, will return all Tables and Columns where a specified value exists. This is powerful in finding out where a certain value is in a database. It can be taxing, so it is suggested that it be executed in a backup / test enviroment first. DECLARE @SearchStr nvarchar(100) ...

SELECT s.name AS [schema], t.object_id AS [table_object_id], t.name AS [table_name], c.column_id, c.name AS [column_name], i.name AS [index_name], i.type_desc AS [index_type] FROM sys.schemas AS s INNER JOIN sys.tables AS t ON s.schema_id = t.schema_id I...

USE msdb Go SELECT dbo.sysjobs.Name AS 'Job Name', 'Job Enabled' = CASE dbo.sysjobs.Enabled WHEN 1 THEN 'Yes' WHEN 0 THEN 'No' END, 'Frequency' = CASE dbo.sysschedules.freq_type WHEN 1 THEN 'Once' WHEN 4 THEN 'Daily' ...

To get the list of all backup operations performed on the current database instance: SELECT sdb.Name AS DatabaseName, COALESCE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), bus.backup_finish_date, 120),'-') AS LastBackUpDateTime FROM sys.sysdatabases sdb LEFT OUTER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupset bus ON bus.database_nam...

SELECT DISTINCT o.name AS Object_Name,o.type_desc FROM sys.sql_modules m INNER JOIN sys.objects o ON m.object_id=o.object_id WHERE m.definition Like '%myField%' ORDER BY 2,1 Will find mentions of myField in SProcs, Views, etc.