Quick and easy way to get list of all the tables with all the columns and columns demographic from SQL Server Databases on SQL Server Instance


Example:
Working on a project and needed to get list of all the tables from all the databases with columns and columns demographic. This information can be needed for many reasons.

The below script uses cursor to loop through all the databases to get the list of tables with columns. I have ignored the system databases such as master, model, msdb and tempdb. You can filter the databases on which you would like to run the query.
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USE Master
GO
--Declare Variables
DECLARE @DatabaseName AS VARCHAR(500)
--Create Temp Table to Save your Results
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Results') IS NOT NULL
    DROP TABLE #Results
CREATE TABLE #Results (
    ServerName VARCHAR(150)
    ,DatabaseName VARCHAR(150)
    ,SchemaName VARCHAR(150)
    ,TableName VARCHAR(150)
    ,ColumnName VARCHAR(150)
     ,Data_Type VARCHAR(150)
   ,Is_Nullable VARCHAR(25)
   ,Character_Maximum_Length VARCHAR(10)

    )
DECLARE CUR CURSOR
FOR
--Filter the Database for which you would like to get all the tables with columns
SELECT '[' + NAME + ']' AS DBName
FROM sys.databases
WHERE NAME NOT IN (
         'master'
        ,'tempdb'
        ,'model'
        ,'msdb'
 
        )
OPEN Cur
FETCH NEXT
FROM Cur
INTO @DatabaseName
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
    --Build dynamic sql for each database
    DECLARE @SQL VARCHAR(MAX) = NULL
    SET @SQL = 'Insert into #Results
      Select
      @@ServerName,
   Table_Catalog as DatabaseName,
   Table_Schema AS TableSchema,
   Table_Name AS TableName,
   Column_Name AS ColumnName
    ,Data_Type
   ,Is_Nullable
   ,Character_Maximum_Length
  From' + @DatabaseName + '.information_Schema.Columns
  where Table_Name in (Select Table_Name from ' + @DatabaseName + '.information_schema.Tables
  where table_type=''BASE TABLE'')'
    EXEC (@SQL)
    PRINT @SQL
    FETCH NEXT
    FROM Cur
    INTO @DatabaseName
END
CLOSE Cur
DEALLOCATE Cur

SELECT *
FROM #Results
order by DatabaseName,TableName


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I hope it helps someone out there. Feel free to add comments or ask questions.
Thanks

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