How to fetch the row count for all tables in a SQL SERVER database 24 March 2016 Dave-Stuart SQL Server CREATE TABLE #counts ( table_name varchar(255), row_count int ) EXEC sp_MSForEachTable @command1='INSERT #counts (table_name, row_count) SELECT ''?'', COUNT(*) FROM ?' SELECT table_name, row_count FROM #counts ORDER BY table_name, row_count DESC