2017-01-30 (first published: 2017-01-26)
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sp_msforeachdb
sp_msforeachdb: Improving on an Undocumented Stored Procedure
Have you ever wanted to run a query across every database on a server with the convenience of a stored procedure? If so, Microsoft provided a stored procedure to do so. It’s unreliable, outdated, and somewhat obfuscated, though. Let’s improve on it!
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