Jeff Moden (3/14/2013)
Alan.B (3/7/2013)
Cursors, loops and dSQL fall under the last choice column but this is one of those cases...For tables you would do this:
EXEC sp_MSforeachtable'SELECT TOP 1 * FROM ?'BWAA-HAAA!!!! Oh, be careful now, Alan. You've just stated perhaps one of the greatest oxymorons of them all. Have you ever looked under the hood of sp_MSForEachTable? It's a monstorous LOOP! 😉
Actually Jeff he said that cursors and loops fall under the last category but that this IS one time it is acceptable.
I would of course recommend that anybody who wants to use any of the sp_MSForEach procs to crack them open and look at what they are doing.
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