SQL Server PRINT SELECT (Print a select query result)?

You know, there might be an easier way but the first thing that pops to mind is:

Declare @SumVal int;
Select @SumVal=Sum(Amount) From Expense;
Print @SumVal;

You can, of course, print any number of fields from the table in this way. Of course, if you want to print all of the results from a query that returns multiple rows, you'd just direct your output appropriately (e.g. to Text).

set @n = (select sum(Amount) from Expense)
print 'n=' + @n

Try this query

DECLARE @PrintVarchar nvarchar(max) = (Select Sum(Amount) From Expense)
PRINT 'Varchar format =' + @PrintVarchar

DECLARE @PrintInt int = (Select Sum(Amount) From Expense)
PRINT @PrintInt

If you want to print more than a single result, just select rows into a temporary table, then select from that temp table into a buffer, then print the buffer:

drop table if exists #temp

-- we just want to see our rows, not how many were inserted
set nocount on

select * into #temp from MyTable

-- note: SSMS will only show 8000 chars
declare @buffer varchar(MAX) = ''

select @buffer = @buffer + Col1 + ' ' + Col2 + CHAR(10) from #temp

print @buffer

Add

PRINT 'Hardcoded table name -' + CAST(@@RowCount as varchar(10))

immediately after the query.

You can also use the undocumented sp_MSforeachtable stored procedure as such if you are looking to do this for every table:

sp_MSforeachtable @command1 ="PRINT 'TABLE NAME: ' + '?' DECLARE @RowCount INT SET @RowCount = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ?) PRINT @RowCount" 

If you wish (like me) to have results containing mulitple rows of various SELECT queries "labelled" and can't manage this within the constraints of the PRINT statement in concert with the Messages tab you could turn it around and simply add messages to the Results tab per the below:

SELECT 'Results from scenario 1'
SELECT
    *
FROM tblSample