sp_MSforeachdb: only include results from databases with results

Question

I\'m running the below stored procedure sp_MSforeachdb with a simple command. My question is how to limit the result to show only the databases that have at lea

Answer 1

You basically need another IF to only run the select if data exists. Here's what i did to test.

On DB1:

create table mytesttable(a int)
insert mytesttable values(1)

On DB2:

create table mytesttable(a int)

So you want DB1 to return results, but DB2 not to. you can use the following sql:

EXECUTE master.sys.sp_MSforeachdb 'USE [?]; 

IF (EXISTS (SELECT * 
             FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES 
             WHERE TABLE_NAME = ''mytesttable''))
BEGIN

IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM mytesttable) BEGIN
    SELECT ''?'' as dbname,T.A
    FROM mytesttable AS T
END
END
'

This only returns: db1, 1