SQL Server Select from multiple tables in array

Question

Simple question about SQL Server 2808.

View1:

Select name from sys.tables where name like 'ab%'

Result:

Name
----
ab01
ab02
abxyz etc...

Now I want to query over those tables.

 Select * from view1

Of course I get ab01, ab02, abxyz. What I want is to query over the content

select * from ab01, ab02, abxyz 

best of all would by to use union over the view1 query

Something like

Union view1 

would be something like

Select * from ab01
union 
select * from ab02
....

any ideas?

Greets

Answer 1

Use a cursor.
Create a temporary table.
Loop through the cursor and add the results to the temporary table.
Select all from temporary table.