The most efficient SQL statement for viewing RowCount of all tables in SQL Server

-- Shows all user tables and row counts for the current database

-- Remove OBJECTPROPERTY function call to include system objects

SELECT o.NAME,

i.rowcnt

FROM sysindexes AS i

INNER JOIN sysobjects AS o ON i.id = o.id

WHERE i.indid < 2

AND OBJECTPROPERTY(o.id, 'IsMSShipped') = 0

ORDER BY o.NAME

Note:

The sysindexes system table will be deleted in the future SQL Server. Therefore, we recommend that you replace SQL 2005 and 2008 with the following DMV:

-- Shows all user tables and row counts for the current database

-- Remove is_ms_shipped = 0 check to include system objects

-- i.index_id < 2 indicates clustered index (1) or hash table (0)

SELECT o.name,

ddps.row_count

FROM sys.indexes AS i

INNER JOIN sys.objects AS o ON i.OBJECT_ID = o.OBJECT_ID

INNER JOIN sys.dm_db_partition_stats AS ddps ON i.OBJECT_ID = ddps.OBJECT_ID

AND i.index_id = ddps.index_id

WHERE i.index_id < 2

AND o.is_ms_shipped = 0

ORDER BY o.NAME