Question

For my product catalog system, i am confused between SQL server database and SQL CE. My hosting provider just gives 200 mb of SQL server, while the disk space provided is 10 GB.

I have four tables with brands, products, picture and retailers. The pciture table just stores the url and not the binary data. So how many records can this database have. Is the 200 mb space enough for my requirement and is there a way to calculate all this

Answer 1

This query can give you an understanding of what your min, max and average record size for each of your tables is:

SELECT 
    OBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID) AS 'Table Name',         
    record_count,
    min_record_size_in_bytes,
    max_record_size_in_bytes,
    avg_record_size_in_bytes
FROM
    sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats(DB_ID(), NULL, NULL, NULL, 'DETAILED')

Take the max size for each row, and multiply it by e.g. 1000 and see how much space 1000 rows each would take up – and go from there.