Question

I need to know how many records are in each table in a particular database. I don’t care what is in the record, they will all need to be counted.

I already know how to do this for a single table as SELECT Count(1) FROM [my_table_name], but this gets a little redundant for 200+ tables.

Answer 1

Try this: (Very fast method though potentially less precise.)

SELECT   so.name, MAX(si.rows) 
FROM     sysobjects so
JOIN     sysindexes si ON so.xtype = 'U' 
AND      si.id = OBJECT_ID(so.name) 
GROUP BY so.name 
ORDER BY 2 DESC

That’s one method of many. See here for several other options.