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How to Get Table Sizes in SQL Server

Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in MVP10, SQL Server | Posted on 25-11-2009

Before I get old and forget this little trick I thought I’d blog it. I’m sure someone else out here on the Internets can use it as well.  Especially if you are hosting your database on a hosting company that charges you by the MB and you want to know how much space you are taking up.  Hope it helps.

EXEC sp_MSforeachtable @command1=”EXEC sp_spaceused ‘?’”

Here is a sample of what it returns.

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  • Anonymous

    I actually don’t like that output at all – totally unintuitive and very hard to read. I prefer using this SQL statement – does the same thing, but much nicer output!

    SELECT
    t.NAME AS TableName,
    i.name as indexName,
    sum(p.rows) as RowCounts,
    sum(a.total_pages) as TotalPages,
    sum(a.used_pages) as UsedPages,
    sum(a.data_pages) as DataPages,
    (sum(a.total_pages) * 8) / 1024 as TotalSpaceMB,
    (sum(a.used_pages) * 8) / 1024 as UsedSpaceMB,
    (sum(a.data_pages) * 8) / 1024 as DataSpaceMB
    FROM
    sys.tables t
    INNER JOIN
    sys.indexes i ON t.OBJECT_ID = i.object_id
    INNER JOIN
    sys.partitions p ON i.object_id = p.OBJECT_ID AND i.index_id = p.index_id
    INNER JOIN
    sys.allocation_units a ON p.partition_id = a.container_id
    WHERE
    t.NAME NOT LIKE ‘dt%’ AND
    i.OBJECT_ID > 255 AND
    i.index_id < = 1
    GROUP BY
    t.NAME, i.object_id, i.index_id, i.name
    ORDER BY
    object_name(i.object_id)