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Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2005-04-20 : 01:44:00
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| hey all,i have done this before just cant remember where i got the info from againif i want to find the actual size of the database?so say its got 20 gig of space drop half cols should be 50% full how do i find outs "acutal size" not allocated size again? |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
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Posted - 2005-04-20 : 03:17:52
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| http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=48518MadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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eyechart
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2005-04-20 : 03:31:49
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| you should also run DBCC UPDATESUAGE to update the space usage metrics in the sysindexes table.Look in BOL for more details.-ec |
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actual size of database