How can get database size in SQL Server query?

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How can get database size in SQL Server query?

Upon connection, click “New Query” and enter one of the following as the query:

  1. sp_helpdb Stored Procedure. EXEC sp_helpdb;
  2. sp_databases Stored Procedure. EXEC sp_databases;
  3. sys.master_files Script. SELECT. name, size, size * 8/1024 ‘Size (MB)’, max_size. FROM sys.master_files;

What is the maximum size of SQL Server database?

524,272 terabytes
Database Engine objects

SQL Server Database Engine object Maximum sizes/numbers SQL Server (64-bit)
Database size 524,272 terabytes
Databases per instance of SQL Server 32,767
Filegroups per database 32,767
Filegroups per database for memory-optimized data 1

What is the maximum size of database in SQL Server 2019?

524 PB
Scale limits

Feature Enterprise Standard
Maximum memory utilized per instance of Analysis Services Operating System Maximum 16 GB2 64 GB3
Maximum memory utilized per instance of Reporting Services Operating System Maximum 64 GB
Maximum relational database size 524 PB 524 PB

How do I reduce the size of my SQL Server database?

Shrink a database

  1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.
  2. Expand Databases, and then right-click the database that you want to shrink.
  3. Point to Tasks, point to Shrink, and then select Database. Database.
  4. Select OK.

How do I free up space in SQL?

Freeing up space in local SQL Server Databases

  1. Shrink the DB. There is often unused space within the allocated DB files (*. mdf).
  2. Shrink the Log File. Same idea as above but with the log file (*. ldf).
  3. Rebuild the indexes and then shrink the DB. If you have large tables the indexes are probably fragmented.

How can I check database size growth on monthly basis in SQL Server?

Connect to a SQL instance and right-click on a database for which we want to get details of Auto Growth and Shrink Events. It opens the disk usage report of the specified database. In this disk usage report, we get the details of the data file and log file space usage.

What is the max size of varchar in SQL Server?

varchar [ ( n | max ) ] Variable-size string data. Use n to define the string size in bytes and can be a value from 1 through 8,000 or use max to indicate a column constraint size up to a maximum storage of 2^31-1 bytes (2 GB).