Showing posts with label sql server 2005. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sql server 2005. Show all posts

Monday, July 20, 2009

Find empty tables in SQL Server 2005

To find all the empty tables in your SQL Server 2005 you can use the following query:

SELECT o.name, sum(s.row_count)
FROM sys.objects o
JOIN sys.dm_db_partition_stats s
ON o.object_id=s.object_id
WHERE o.type='U'
GROUP BY o.name
HAVING sum(s.row_count) = 0
ORDER BY sum(s.row_count) desc

where 'U' stands for User Table

Just in case one wants to find out if a table is used in stored procedures, triggers and so on... one can use the following SQL:

SELECT o.name,o.xtype,m.definition
FROM sys.sql_modules m
INNER JOIN sysobjects o ON m.object_id=o.id
WHERE [definition] LIKE '%TABLE_NAME%'