Table Space Used in DB
A quick script that provides the sizes of the tables in your database, including schema and choice of sort method
2018-08-07 (first published: 2018-07-29)
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sp_spaceused
The joy of sp_spaceused
This script uses a cursor to loop through all tables and get the count and table sizes using sp_spaceused. It is much faster and efficient than use 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TABLE_NAME'.
2012-06-22 (first published: 2012-06-09)
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2009-03-04 (first published: 2009-02-16)
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Monitor database growth - a better way for sp_spaceused
A better way to use sp_spaceused, returning values on one row for the database instead of two.
2008-09-04
4,054 reads
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