Is there a quicker to find a table on sql server?

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Hello All,

Is there a faster to look for a specific table on sql server management studio?
I am looking for a certain table , i know the table name but only issue is that there are a 100 of databases and with at least 100 tables in those databases.

So there a query to do this at all >

Thamk you

Posted 16-Aug-15 22:57pm

1Future

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Andy Lanng 17-Aug-15 5:09am

What information do you need from the table?

1Future 17-Aug-15 5:12am

i am trying to pickout 2 columns fields from this table.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-16T23:20:00

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Try:

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sp_msforeachdb 'select "?" AS db, * from [?].sys.tables'

Posted 16-Aug-15 23:20pm

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1Future 17-Aug-15 5:27am

Thank you .. i found my table .. maybe you may also know this .. but is possible to create view from another database? lets say i've got database1 and in this db i want tp create a view referencing a table from database2 .. is this possible??