SQL get table row count for specific table in DB

Question

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.

Almost all the DB's are the same, only one is different has no employee table. — Yogurt The Wise, Jan 19 '12 at 22:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 19 '12 at 22:14

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You need to tell it which database to use first (it's in ?):

EXEC sp_MSforeachdb
@command1='use ?; select count(*) from employee'

answered Jan 19 '12 at 22:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 19 '12 at 23:55

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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...

edited Jan 19 '12 at 23:55

Yogurt The Wise

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answered Jan 19 '12 at 22:16

perfectionist

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Thanks to [joew's blog](http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/joew/archive/2008/08/27/60700.aspx) for syntax for "use [?];" and to [akmad on another stack overflow question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/167576/sql-server-check-if-table-exists) for the check if a table exists. – perfectionist Jan 19 '12 at 22:18
Thanks very much. I also added to mine ''?'' to the select. SELECT ''?'',COUNT(*) to get the table names. Those are single quotes. – Yogurt The Wise Jan 19 '12 at 22:45

SQL get table row count for specific table in DB

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