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m.rajesh.uk

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April 19, 2013 at 8:06 am

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Hi,
I found that some developers created user created tables in master database recently. Can we create user created tables in master database. Incase yes, in what situations we need to create tables in master database. As far as i know we should not create tables in master database.
This is the script i used to find tables in master database.
SELECT * FROM sys.tables
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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

You can create anything you like in master, you probably shouldn't in most cases, but you can.

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Kenneth.Fisher SSC-Insane Points: 20396 More actions · Answer 2

You can use the object property isMSShipped to help you find user created objects.

SELECT *

FROM sys.objects

WHERE objectproperty(object_id, 'ismsshipped')=0

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April 20, 2013 at 12:58 am

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Thank you. I got the point.

kapil_kk SSC-Insane Points: 21316 More actions · Answer 4

Kenneth.Fisher (4/19/2013)
You can use the object property isMSShipped to help you find user created objects.
SELECT *
FROM sys.objects
WHERE objectproperty(object_id, 'ismsshipped')=0

good one Kenneth..

I was not aware of property 'ismsshipped'

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Perry Whittle SSC Guru Points: 233844 More actions · Answer 5

You could also use

SELECT *

FROM sys.objects

WHERE is_ms_shipped<>1

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