View a List of Databases on an Instance of SQL Server

Query 1:


SELECT name, database_id, create_date  FROM sys.databases ;


If u need only the User-defined databases;



Query 1: select * from sys.databases WHERE name NOT IN ('master', 'tempdb', 'model', 'msdb');


Query 2: SELECT name,filename ,sid FROM dbo.sysdatabases  WHERE dbid > 4