SQL Server: Can you help me with this query? - sql-server-2008

Question

I want to run a diagnostic report on our SQL Server 2008 database server.
I am looping through all of the databases, and then for each database, I want to look at each table. But, when I go to look at each table (with tbl_cursor), it always picks up the tables in the database 'master'.
I think it's because of my tbl_cursor selection :
SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_type = 'base table'
How do I fix this?
Here's the entire code:
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #table_count INT
DECLARE #db_cursor VARCHAR(100)
DECLARE database_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT name FROM sys.databases where name<>N'master'
OPEN database_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM database_cursor INTO #db_cursor
WHILE ##Fetch_status = 0
BEGIN
PRINT #db_cursor
SET #table_count = 0
DECLARE #table_cursor VARCHAR(100)
DECLARE tbl_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_type = 'base table'
OPEN tbl_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM tbl_cursor INTO #table_cursor
WHILE ##Fetch_status = 0
BEGIN
DECLARE #table_cmd NVARCHAR(255)
SET #table_cmd = N'IF NOT EXISTS( SELECT TOP(1) * FROM ' + #table_cursor + ') PRINT N'' Table ''''' + #table_cursor + ''''' is empty'' '
--PRINT #table_cmd --debug
EXEC sp_executesql #table_cmd
SET #table_count = #table_count + 1
FETCH NEXT FROM tbl_cursor INTO #table_cursor
END
CLOSE tbl_cursor
DEALLOCATE tbl_cursor
PRINT #db_cursor + N' Total Tables : ' + CAST( #table_count as varchar(2) )
PRINT N'' -- print another blank line
SET #table_count = 0
FETCH NEXT FROM database_cursor INTO #db_cursor
END
CLOSE database_cursor
DEALLOCATE database_cursor
SET NOCOUNT OFF

Answer 1

The problem is because you're actually always running the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES query under the master db context.
You'd need to convert the tbl_cursor block into dynamic SQL in order to fully qualify the query with the DB name.
e.g.
SELECT table_name FROM YourDatabase.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE....
is essentially what you need to be executing for that cursor.

Answer 2

It's easier to use table variables so you can add rows to #tablist using another dynamic SQL statement
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE #table_count INT
DECLARE #dblist TABLE (DBName VARCHAR(100))
DECLARE #tablist TABLE (TableName VARCHAR(100))
DECLARE #dbname varchar(100), #tabname varchar(100)
INSERT #dblist
SELECT name FROM sys.databases where name<>N'master'
SELECT TOP 1 #dbname = DBName FROM #dblist
WHILE ##ROWCOUNT <> 0
BEGIN
INSERT #tablist (tableName)
EXEC ('SELECT table_name FROM ' + #dbname + '.information_schema.tables WHERE table_type = ''base table'' ')
SELECT TOP 1 #tabname = tableName FROM #tablist
WHILE ##ROWCOUNT <> 0
BEGIN
--do my stuff
DELETE #tablist WHERE tableName = #tabname
SELECT TOP 1 #tabname = tableName FROM #tablist
END
DELETE #dblist WHERE DBName = #dbname
SELECT TOP 1 #dbname = DBName FROM #dblist
END

Answer 3

You might have to create dynamic SQL. because information_schema will fetch objects only from the current active database against which you are running this query.
you can try sys.objects