Getting row count for all tables in a database is straight forward. You can display row count for all tables by joining sys.objects and sys.partitions as below:

[UPDATE: sys.partitions only shows an approximation of the number of rows. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175012.aspx)%5D

USE   [AdventureWorks2008R2]

GO

SELECT      SCHEMA_NAME( Read more

Identifying current service pack installed for SQL Server can be difficult if you don’t know which command to use! Most of the time I have seen people using @@VERSION to check for SQL Server service pack level, which is not correct as it returns the service pack level of operation… Read more