Script to change ALL databases recovery mode to Full

try

EXEC sp_MSForEachDB 'ALTER DATABASE [?] SET RECOVERY FULL';

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Brilliant, just as a side thought does it matter if master, model are in FULL mode?

That doesn't matter to run the above script.

But you won't be able to do a FULL mode on tempdb

you will get "Option 'RECOVERY' cannot be set in database 'tempdb'."

you can try something like

EXEC sp_MSforeachdb '
IF ''?'' IN (''master'', ''model'', ''msdb'', ''tempdb'')
    RETURN
ALTER DATABASE [?] SET RECOVERY FULL
'

to avoid hitting tempdb in your script, (and any other system db's you want to avoid)

I have not tested the above code, yet.

ralmada, you have guided me often with sp_MSforeachdb. Thanks again..

now, with a student's cap:

EXEC sp_MSforeachdb 'IF [?] NOT IN (''master'', ''model'', ''msdb'', ''tempdb'')
            ALTER DATABASE [?] SET RECOVERY FULL'

gives multiple errors..

if I change it to
EXEC sp_MSforeachdb 'IF "?" NOT IN (''master'', ''model'', ''msdb'', ''tempdb'')
            ALTER DATABASE [?] SET RECOVERY FULL'
it does not give the previous errors, but still gives the error:

Msg 5058, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
Option 'RECOVERY' cannot be set in database 'tempdb'.

that does not make sense.. even though we told to avoid tempdb, why does it try it again on tempdb?

also, I tried playing with db_name(), but no go..

muchas gracias :)

After checking a bit more after accepting the solution i to was getting the tempdb error.

After tweaking the script slightly, this works prefectly. The solution still stands as it was on the right lines.

EXEC sp_MSforeachdb 'IF ''?'' NOT IN (''master'', ''model'', ''msdb'', ''tempdb'')  
Begin  
Print ''?''
Declare @cmd varchar(255)
set @cmd = ''ALTER DATABASE [?] SET RECOVERY FULL''
exec (@cmd)
End'

EXEC sp_MSforeachdb 'IF [?] NOT IN (''master'', ''model'', ''msdb'', ''tempdb'')
		ALTER DATABASE [?] SET RECOVERY FULL'

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Hi all: I used the above solution but keep getting the following:

Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid column name 'sandsjh1_123_db'.

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Hoe to avoid this on 500 db's?

TIA.
Jason