sp_MSforeachtable order by

Question

I am using sp_MSforeachtable to get a rowcount of specific tables in my database. I want these ordered by name. How do I add an ORDER BY clause to sp_MSforeachtable?

Answer 1

You don't :-)

Just use this SQL script instead - much easier to use and much more configurable - you can sort as you wish!

SELECT 
    t.NAME AS TableName,
    i.name as indexName,
    sum(p.rows) as RowCounts,
    sum(a.total_pages) as TotalPages, 
    sum(a.used_pages) as UsedPages, 
    sum(a.data_pages) as DataPages,
    (sum(a.total_pages) * 8) / 1024 as TotalSpaceMB, 
    (sum(a.used_pages) * 8) / 1024 as UsedSpaceMB, 
    (sum(a.data_pages) * 8) / 1024 as DataSpaceMB
FROM 
    sys.tables t
INNER JOIN   
    sys.indexes i ON t.OBJECT_ID = i.object_id
INNER JOIN 
    sys.partitions p ON i.object_id = p.OBJECT_ID AND i.index_id = p.index_id
INNER JOIN 
    sys.allocation_units a ON p.partition_id = a.container_id
WHERE 
    t.NAME NOT LIKE 'dt%' AND
    i.OBJECT_ID > 255 AND  
    i.index_id <= 1
GROUP BY 
    t.NAME, i.object_id, i.index_id, i.name 
ORDER BY 
    object_name(i.object_id)

Marc

Answer 2

One way is to create a temp table, then insert / execute in to it. Then do a select / order by on the temp table.

Answer 3

from this link: http://sqlserver2000.databases.aspfaq.com/how-do-i-get-a-list-of-sql-server-tables-and-their-row-counts.html

This will return correct counts, where methods using the meta data tables will only return estimates.

create this procedure (slightly different than from link):

CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.listTableRowCounts 
AS 
BEGIN 
    SET NOCOUNT ON 

    CREATE TABLE #foo 
    ( 
        tablename VARCHAR(255), 
        rc INT 
    ) 

    INSERT #foo 
        EXEC sp_msForEachTable 
            'SELECT PARSENAME(''?'', 1), 
            COUNT(*) FROM ? WITH (NOLOCK)' 

    SELECT tablename, rc 
        FROM #foo 
        ORDER BY tablename

    DROP TABLE #foo 
END
GO