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I'm in the middle of designing a software system storing data in about 4000 tables in Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Does anyone have any pointers to ease management of such a large number of tables?

Thanks!

P.S.: It's already normalized.

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    What problems are you having? Most database scripts are already set up to handle multiple tables.
    – Sam
    Aug 11, 2009 at 21:10
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    I'm curious to know what type of system uses 4000 tables too!
    – Sam
    Aug 11, 2009 at 21:11
  • Dear God... Are these all performing unique functions?
    – squillman
    Aug 11, 2009 at 21:24
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    Sam: sp_foreachtable will be very handy I'm sure. I'm not really concerned about SQL Server's capabilities as much as the process of keeping it organized for people to understand. It's an ERP system.
    – AJ.
    Aug 11, 2009 at 21:32

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Use declarative Policy-Based Management instead of managing individual tables.

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  • Ooh... I like this.
    – AJ.
    Aug 12, 2009 at 18:08
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About the only suggestion I can offer is learn to love the filter icon in SSMS to make it easier to find the objects you are looking for.

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