Getting List Of Tables Of An Specific Database Using Msforeachtable

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in my store procedure i want to get list of all the tables of a specific database when i give database name as input.for example when i give sp_list(master) it shows me the tables of master database.,how can do this using msforeachtable?
i found this code

SQL

sp_msforeachtable ' select ''?'' as ''Table'', count(*) as ''Rows'' from ? '

but cannot give database name in it as input

Posted 4-Feb-12 8:57am

arashmobileboy

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RDBurmon · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-04T09:33:00

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declare @query as nvarchar(max)
declare @dbname as nvarchar(max)
SET @query=''
SET @dbname ='TST'
SET @query =@query + @dbname + '..sp_msforeachtable '' select ''''?'''' as ''''Table'''', count(*) as ''''Rows'''' from ? '''

EXEC sp_executesql @query

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