How to exclude databases while using the sp_MSforeachdb stored procedure

Some time back, I had done an article on 6 Common Uses of the undocumented Stored Procedure sp_MSforeachdb

So now if you want to use this undocumented stored procedure to list the size of all databases in a SQL Server Instance, you would write the following query:

EXEC sp_MSforeachdb 'USE ?; EXEC sp_spaceused'

However if you wanted to exclude some databases from the query, then here’s how to do so:

EXEC    sp_msforeachdb 
"IF      '?'     NOT IN ('master','tempdb', 'model')   BEGIN
        USE ?; EXEC sp_spaceused
END"

This query will now list the size of all databases except the master, tempdb and model databases.

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