Question

How do I find out how many tables are on my instance of SQL Server? I can get it for a single schema using select count(*) from sysobjects where type = 'U'
(from how to count number of tables/views/index in my database)

Answer 1

You’re using the word “schema”, but I think you’re really asking to count tables across all “databases”.

declare @t table (
    DBName sysname,
    NumTables int
)

insert into @t
    exec sp_MSforeachdb N'select ''?'', count(*) 
                              from [?].dbo.sysobjects 
                              where type = ''U'''

select DBName, NumTables
    from @t 
    where DBName not in ('distribution','master','model','msdb','tempdb')
    order by DBName

select SUM(NumTables) as TotalTables
    from @t
    where DBName not in ('distribution','master','model','msdb','tempdb')