List Empty Tables in SQL Server

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Here’s a simple query to list all empty tables in your SQL Server database that uses a Dynamic Management View called dm_db_partition_stats which returns page and row-count information for every partition in the current database.

;WITH EmptyRows AS
(
SELECT SUM(row_count) AS [TotalRows],
OBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID) AS TableName
FROM sys.dm_db_partition_stats
WHERE index_id = 0 OR index_id = 1
GROUP BY OBJECT_ID
)
SELECT * FROM EmptyRows
WHERE [TotalRows] = 0

OUTPUT



Note that the results from the view is only approximate. If there are any active transactions that are inserting or deleting rows, the count may not include it.