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sp_msforeachdb: Improving on an Undocumented Stored Procedure

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Have you ever wanted to run a query across every database on a server with the convenience of a stored procedure? If so, Microsoft provided a stored procedure to do so. It’s unreliable, outdated, and somewhat obfuscated, though. Let’s improve on it!

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2016-04-15 (first published: )

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RE: Why detach?

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Detaching just cleans up sysdatabases and sysfiles. Nothing at all wrong with stopping the server, copying the files to a different server and attaching. Doesn't affect anything. You'd use detach to avoid stopping the service on the original server. If you need a copy without stopping the server OR losing access, then you have to […]

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2003-05-29

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