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Babli
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Posted - 2011-08-26 : 01:16:12
Hi,

I have the name of a table , i want to find out all the database names in which this table resides.
How can I query all the databases in a server for this table.

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2011-08-26 : 01:44:56
[code]EXEC sp_Msforeachdb 'IF EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM ?.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = ''your table name here'' AND TABLE_TYPE=''BASE TABLE'') SELECT ''?'''[/code]

will give you names of all dbs where table is present

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