Steven Willis (7/15/2013)
Also available under System Views is the INFORMATION_SCHEMA collection which can give you all the information you need for any metadata in the the database.For listing out your table collection for example:
SELECT * FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
This will list every table in the target database.
Steven - I believe I've heard somewhere that INFORMATION_SCHEMA VIEWs will be deprecated in the future. Too bad because I've found them pretty useful.
My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?
My advice:
INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.
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