Counting rows for all tables at once

Question

I\'m using SQL Server 2005 and would like to know how I can get a list of all tables with the number of records in each.

I know I can get a list of tables using the

Answer 1

This is my method:

create table #rowcount (tablename varchar(128), rowcnt int)
exec sp_MSforeachtable 
   'insert into #rowcount select ''?'', count(*) from ?'
select * from #rowcount
    order by tablename
drop table #rowcount

works like a charm