Determine SQL Server Database Size

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SQL Server 2005/2008 Express edition has the limitation of 4 GB per database. As far as I known the database engine considers data only, thus excluding log files, unused space, and index size.

Getting the length of the MDF file should not give the correct database size in terms of SQL Server limitation. My question is how to get the database size?

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sp_helpdb

no looping needed, unlike sp_spaceused.

According to SQL2000 help, sp_spaceused includes data and indexes.

This script should do:

CREATE TABLE #t (name SYSNAME, rows CHAR(11), reserved VARCHAR(18), 
data VARCHAR(18), index_size VARCHAR(18), unused VARCHAR(18))

EXEC sp_msforeachtable 'INSERT INTO #t EXEC sp_spaceused ''?'''
-- SELECT * FROM #t ORDER BY name
-- SELECT name, CONVERT(INT, SUBSTRING(data, 1, LEN(data)-3)) FROM #t ORDER BY name
SELECT SUM(CONVERT(INT, SUBSTRING(data, 1, LEN(data)-3))) FROM #t
DROP TABLE #t

In SQL Management Studio, right-click on a database and select "Properties" from the context menu. Look at the "Size" figure.

You could use this old fashioned one as well...

set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
go

DECLARE @iCount int, @iMax int, @DatabaseName varchar(200), @SQL varchar (8000)

Select NAME, DBID, crdate, filename, version 
INTO #TEMP
from MAster..SYSDatabASES 

SELECT @iCount = Count(DBID) FROM #TEMP

Select @SQL='Create Table ##iFile1 ( DBName varchar( 200) NULL, Fileid INT, FileGroup int, TotalExtents INT , USedExtents INT , 
Name varchar(100), vFile varchar (300), AllocatedSpace int NUll, UsedSpace int Null, PercentageFree int Null ) '+ char(10)
exec (@SQL)


Create Table ##iTotals ( ServerName varchar(100), DBName varchar( 200) NULL, FileType varchar(10),Fileid INT, FileGroup int, TotalExtents INT , USedExtents INT , 
Name varchar(100), vFile varchar (300), AllocatedSpace int NUll, UsedSpace int Null, PercentageFree int Null ) 


WHILE @iCount>0
BEGIN    
    SELECT @iMax =Max(dbid) FROM #TEMP
    Select @DatabaseName = Name FROM #TEMP where dbid =@iMax

    SELECT @SQL = 'INSERT INTO ##iFile1(Fileid , FileGroup , TotalExtents  , USedExtents  , Name , vFile)
     EXEC (''USE [' + @DatabaseName +  '] DBCC showfilestats'')    ' + char(10)

    Print  (@SQL)
    EXEC (@SQL)


    SELECT @SQL = 'UPDATE ##iFile1 SET DBName ='''+ @DatabaseName +''' WHERE DBName IS NULL'
    EXEC  (@SQL)


    DELETE FROM #TEMP WHERE dbid =@iMax
    Select @iCount =@iCount -1
END
UPDATE ##iFile1
SET AllocatedSpace = (TotalExtents * 64.0 / 1024.0 ), UsedSpace =(USedExtents * 64.0 / 1024.0 )

UPDATE ##iFile1
SET PercentageFree = 100-Convert(float,UsedSpace)/Convert(float,AllocatedSpace   )* 100
WHERE USEDSPACE>0

CREATE TABLE #logspace (
   DBName varchar( 100),
   LogSize float,
   PrcntUsed float,
   status int
   )
INSERT INTO #logspace
EXEC ('DBCC sqlperf( logspace)')



INSERT INTO ##iTotals(ServerName, DBName, FileType,Name, vFile,PercentageFree,AllocatedSpace)
select @@ServerName ,DBNAME,  'Data' as FileType,Name, vFile, PercentageFree  , AllocatedSpace
from ##iFile1
UNION
select @@ServerName ,DBNAME, 'Log' as FileType ,DBName,'' as vFile ,PrcntUsed  , LogSize
from #logspace

Select * from ##iTotals

select ServerName ,DBNAME,  FileType, Sum( AllocatedSpace) as AllocatedSpaceMB
from ##iTotals
Group By  ServerName ,DBNAME, FileType
Order By  ServerName ,DBNAME, FileType


select ServerName ,DBNAME,  Sum( AllocatedSpace) as AllocatedSpaceMB
from ##iTotals
Group By  ServerName ,DBNAME
Order By  ServerName ,DBNAME



drop table ##iFile1
drop table #logspace
drop table #TEMP
drop table ##iTotals

Common Query To Check Database Size in SQL Server that supports both Azure and On-Premises-

Method 1 – Using ‘sys.database_files’ System View

SELECT
    DB_NAME() AS [database_name],
    CONCAT(CAST(SUM(
        CAST( (size * 8.0/1024) AS DECIMAL(15,2) )
    ) AS VARCHAR(20)),' MB') AS [database_size]
FROM sys.database_files;

Method 2 – Using ‘sp_spaceused’ System Stored Procedure

EXEC sp_spaceused ;
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