disk sizw for a table

I am a novice in SQL.. i need to find a way to find the
total size occupied by a table. Is there any easy way to
accomplish this ?
Thanks in advance
Arunexec sp_SpaceUsed 'mytable'
Kevin Hill
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> I am a novice in SQL.. i need to find a way to find the
> total size occupied by a table. Is there any easy way to
> accomplish this ?
> Thanks in advance
> Arun

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|||Kevin thanks, it gave the info as i wanted ..but another
silly question...the total size for a table would be
Data size + Index size correct ?

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|||Yes, unless there is more space reserved for the table than actually used by
the data and indexes. Check BOL for very detailed info
Kevin Hill
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> silly question...the total size for a table would be
> Data size + Index size correct ?
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> Kevin thanks, it gave the info as i wanted ..but another
> silly question...the total size for a table would be
> Data size + Index size correct ?

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The number you want to look at is "reserved". This is the actual
number of space allocated for the table. SQL Server allocates space
for a table extends of 8 * 8 KB. (Save the for the first row; here
normally only 8 KB is reserved.). So normally, there is always some
free space. If there have been plenty of deletions, there can be
more.
Also, you may want to add a second parameter to sp_spaceused:
sp_spaceused tbl, true
This forces an update of the tables which holds the size data.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, sommar@.algonet.se
Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp