[sql-server-2008] Using the "With Clause" SQL Server 2008

Just a poke, but here's another way to write FizzBuzz :) 100 rows is enough to show the WITH statement, I reckon.

;WITH t100 AS (
 SELECT n=number
 FROM master..spt_values
 WHERE type='P' and number between 1 and 100
)                
 SELECT
    ISNULL(NULLIF(
    CASE WHEN n % 3 = 0 THEN 'Fizz' Else '' END +
    CASE WHEN n % 5 = 0 THEN 'Buzz' Else '' END, ''), RIGHT(n,3))
 FROM t100

But the real power behind WITH (known as Common Table Expression http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190766.aspx "CTE") in SQL Server 2005 and above is the Recursion, as below where the table is built up through iterations adding to the virtual-table each time.

;WITH t100 AS (
 SELECT n=1
 union all
 SELECT n+1
 FROM t100
 WHERE n < 100
)                
 SELECT
    ISNULL(NULLIF(
    CASE WHEN n % 3 = 0 THEN 'Fizz' Else '' END +
    CASE WHEN n % 5 = 0 THEN 'Buzz' Else '' END, ''), RIGHT(n,3))
 FROM t100

To run a similar query in all database, you can use the undocumented sp_msforeachdb. It has been mentioned in another answer, but it is sp_msforeachdb, not sp_foreachdb.

Be careful when using it though, as some things are not what you expect. Consider this example

exec sp_msforeachdb 'select count(*) from sys.objects'

Instead of the counts of objects within each DB, you will get the SAME count reported, begin that of the current DB. To get around this, always "use" the database first. Note the square brackets to qualify multi-word database names.

exec sp_msforeachdb 'use [?]; select count(*) from sys.objects'

For your specific query about populating a tally table, you can use something like the below. Not sure about the DATE column, so this tally table has only the DBNAME and IMG_COUNT columns, but hope it helps you.

create table #tbl (dbname sysname, img_count int);

exec sp_msforeachdb '
use [?];
if object_id(''tbldoc'') is not null
insert #tbl
select ''?'', count(*) from tbldoc'

select * from #tbl

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