Question

MS SQL 2008.

I have a DataBase which use FILEGROWTH (this property specifies the growth increment of the DB.).

As soon as my DataBase reach the size of 40MB DB it will be expanded +20 MB (FILEGROWTH) till reach the MAXSIZE… Correct?

If it is Correct, how can I get the Current Size for all the Rows in any Tables in my DB… I would like to know if is possible have the Size for the Actual Content an not Db SIZE+FILEGROWTH.

Hope guys I can have a clear explanation, I’m pretty new with DB. Thanks for your help!

Here the code I use.

CREATE DataBase MyDB
ON PRIMARY
(
    NAME = 'MyDB',
    FILENAME = 'C:\Server\Data\DataBase\MyDB.mdf',  -- Location DataBase
    SIZE = 40 MB,
    MAXSIZE = 960 MB,
    FILEGROWTH = 20 MB
)
LOG ON
(
    NAME = 'MyDB',
    FILENAME = 'C:\Server\Data\DataBase\MyDB.ldf',  -- Location Log files
    SIZE = 20 MB,
    MAXSIZE = 960 MB,
    FILEGROWTH = 20 MB
)
WITH DB_CHAINING OFF
GO

Answer 1

The quick way is to run sp_spaceused with no parameters

If you look at the code of this proc, you should see queries based on sys views etc of you want something slightly cleverer

Edit: I did this before: How do I find out what tables have data in a file in SQL Server?