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— Dynamically builds T-SQL statements for retrieving all the records
— from all the tables in all user databases
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— SQL Server versions supported: SQL Server 2000 or later
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exec sp_MSforeachdb
@command1=”IF DB_ID(‘?’) > 4 print ‘use ?;'”,
@command2=”IF DB_ID(‘?’) > 4 SELECT ‘SELECT * FROM [‘+TABLE_SCHEMA+’.’+TABLE_NAME+’]’ FROM ?.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES”
Details:
- In Query Window in SSMS, right click – Results To: Results to Text
- Run the above query and you will get “SELECT *” statements for each column of each table in each user database (Database ID > 4). By executing the produced code you get all the data records.
- Undocumented stored procedure sp_MSforeachdb
- Information Schema Views
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