4/10/14

SQL SERVER – Find Row Count in Table – Find Largest Table in Database.

SELECT sc.name +'.'+ ta.name TableName
 ,SUM(pa.rows) RowCnt
 FROM sys.tables ta
 INNER JOIN sys.partitions pa
 ON pa.OBJECT_ID = ta.OBJECT_ID
 INNER JOIN sys.schemas sc
 ON ta.schema_id = sc.schema_id
 WHERE ta.is_ms_shipped = 0 AND pa.index_id IN (1,0)
 GROUP BY sc.name,ta.name
 ORDER BY SUM(pa.rows) DESC
More:

to get all tables in a database:
select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
to get all columns in a database:
select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns
to get all views in a db:
select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES where table_type = 'view'