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Is there a way to obtain a list of database names programmatically that follow a certain naming convention?<br />
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For example, I want to obtain all databases that are named GHH_QA_CDR_&lt;whatever&gt;<br />
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Is there a way to obtain a list of database names programmatically that follow a certain naming convention?


For example, I want to obtain all databases that are named GHH_QA_CDR_<whatever>



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