Sql-server – Script to query multiple instances

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SQL Server – What is the best method to run the same query over multiple databases on multiple instances? for example we have many application databases, with the same schema that need to have information aggregated.

I currently use a script that relies on linked servers already being setup and a table that identifies which instance and database to loop through.

        /* declare some cursor variables and the dynamic sql string variable */
    DECLARE @currentDB          nvarchar(64)
    DECLARE @connectionstring   nvarchar(256)
    DECLARE @sqlstring          nvarchar(max)

CREATE TABLE #TEMP1 ( currentDB varchar(32) ,field1 varchar(128) ,field2 smallint ,field3 datetime ) /* Build and open the cursor */ DECLARE connectioncursor CURSOR FAST_FORWARD FOR SELECT currentDB, connectionstring FROM [admin].dbo.DatabaseList WHERE dbtype = 'PROD' OPEN connectioncursor FETCH NEXT FROM connectioncursor INTO @currentDB, @connectionstring /* Start the loop through db list */ WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN /* Build and set the sql string */ SET @sqlstring = ' select ''' + @currentDB + ''' ,field1, field2, field3 from ' + @connectionstring + '.dbo.table1 ' /* Insert the results from the iteration and fetch the next db */ INSERT INTO #TEMP1 exec sp_executesql @sqlstring FETCH NEXT FROM connectioncursor INTO @currentDB, @connectionstring END /* Kill the cursor */ CLOSE connectioncursor DEALLOCATE connectioncursor

select * from #TEMP1 — some output

Be gentle I'm a TSQL newbie!

Best Answer

There's lots of options.