count of tables

  • Hi

    For me count 207 rows when i use

    SELECT

    sysobjects.Name

    , sysindexes.Rows

    FROM

    sysobjects

    INNER JOIN sysindexes

    ON sysobjects.id = sysindexes.id

    WHERE

    type = 'U'

    AND sysindexes.IndId < 2

    ORDER BY

    sysobjects.Namecode

    to get count of rows

    and when i make "select count(*) from tableName" show me 209 rows why (This happen only in case of 3 tables) Why?

    Can some one help me out with this please

  • I personally like using the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES view.

  • None of the system table are 100% accurate 100% of the time.

    if you need an absolute exact count then you need to do count(*). But then again that number can be changing 1 000 000 times / day so you need to define what & when the count really means something.

    Here's something that's a little more precise than dbo.sysindexes.

    SELECT

    OBJECT_NAME(p.object_id) AS ObjectName

    , p.object_id

    , SUM(p.rows) AS rows

    FROM

    sys.partitions p

    WHERE

    p.index_id IN ( 0 , 1 )

    GROUP BY

    p.object_id

    HAVING

    SUM(rows) > 0

    ORDER BY

    rows DESC

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