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List all tables

To get a list of all the tables in a SQL Server database, use either:

sp_tables

or alternately to list only the user tables use:

select name as TABLE_NAME, user_name(uid) as TABLE_OWNER from sysobjects where type='U'

These notes have been tested against SQL Server 7, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008.

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