How can you tell what Tables are taking up the most space in a SQL Server 2005 Database?
Try this script - it will list the number of rows and the space used by data rows (and the total space used) for all tables in your database:
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)
Use sp_spacedUsed
Exec sp_spaceused N'YourTableName'
Or if you want to execute the sp_spaceused
for each table in your database then you can use this SQL:
set nocount on
create table #spaceused (
name nvarchar(120),
rows char(11),
reserved varchar(18),
data varchar(18),
index_size varchar(18),
unused varchar(18)
)
declare Tables cursor for
select name
from sysobjects where type='U'
order by name asc
OPEN Tables
DECLARE @table varchar(128)
FETCH NEXT FROM Tables INTO @table
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
insert into #spaceused exec sp_spaceused @table
FETCH NEXT FROM Tables INTO @table
END
CLOSE Tables
DEALLOCATE Tables
select * from #spaceused
drop table #spaceused
exec sp_spaceused
The above SQL is from here