How to run the same query on all the databases on an instance?
Try this one -
SET NOCOUNT ON;
IF OBJECT_ID (N'tempdb.dbo.#temp') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #temp
CREATE TABLE #temp
(
[COUNT] INT
, DB VARCHAR(50)
)
DECLARE @TableName NVARCHAR(50)
SELECT @TableName = '[dbo].[CUSTOMERS]'
DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(MAX)
SELECT @SQL = STUFF((
SELECT CHAR(13) + 'SELECT ' + QUOTENAME(name, '''') + ', COUNT(1) FROM ' + QUOTENAME(name) + '.' + QUOTENAME(@TableName)
FROM sys.databases
WHERE OBJECT_ID(QUOTENAME(name) + '.' + QUOTENAME(@TableName)) IS NOT NULL
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('text()[1]', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 1, '')
INSERT INTO #temp (DB, [COUNT])
EXEC sys.sp_executesql @SQL
SELECT *
FROM #temp t
Output (for example, in AdventureWorks
) -
COUNT DB
----------- --------------------------------------------------
19972 AdventureWorks2008R2
19975 AdventureWorks2012
19472 AdventureWorks2008R2_Live
How about something like this:
DECLARE c_db_names CURSOR FOR
SELECT name
FROM sys.databases
WHERE name NOT IN('master', 'tempdb') --might need to exclude more dbs
OPEN c_db_names
FETCH c_db_names INTO @db_name
WHILE @@Fetch_Status = 0
BEGIN
EXEC('
INSERT INTO #report
SELECT
''' + @db_name + '''
,COUNT(*)
FROM ' + @db_name + '..linkfile
')
FETCH c_db_names INTO @db_name
END
CLOSE c_db_names
DEALLOCATE c_db_names
SELECT * FROM #report
Straight forward query
EXECUTE sp_MSForEachDB
'USE ?; SELECT DB_NAME()AS DBName,
COUNT(1)AS [Count] FROM CUSTOMERS'
This query will show you what you want to see, but will also throw errors for each DB without a table called "CUSTOMERS". You will need to work out a logic to handle that.
Raj