I know, there are standard reports and other GUI tools for doing this task for SQL Server 2005 or later but what about when you need to extract such information from a SQL Server 2000 instance or when you just want to write some code? 🙂
Get the disk usage statistics using the undocumented stored procedure sp_msforeachtable
The undocumented stored procedure sp_msforeachtable is here to help you (along with the stored procedure sp_spaceused)!
Here’s how:
--Select the database to be scanned for table disk usage USE [DatabaseName] GO --Create temporary table 1 - Sizes will be in strings/KB create table #tmpSizes( [name] nvarchar(200), [rows] varchar(50), reserved varchar(50), data varchar(50), index_size varchar(50), unused varchar(50) ) --Create temporary table 2 - Sizes will be in KB create table #tmpSizesFinalKB( [name] nvarchar(200), [rows] int, reserved int, data int, index_size int, unused int ) --Get the disk usage per table and store in temp table 1 INSERT INTO #tmpSizes EXEC sp_MSforeachtable @command1="sp_spaceused '?'" --Indirect casting and copying of the information in temp table 2 --This is only when you want to store the disk usage statistics --in a form that allows sorting operations etc. insert into #tmpSizesFinalKB select [name], replace([rows],'KB',''), replace(reserved,'KB',''), replace(data,'KB',''), replace(index_size,'KB',''), replace(unused,'KB','') from #tmpSizes --Access the disk usage results (in KB) select * from #tmpSizesFinalKB order by reserved desc
Now you can easily manipulate the disk usage statistics in temp table #tmpSizesFinalKB in order to represent them in the form you may like!
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