Ever wonder how big a Table really is in your database? You know there are a million rows in the table, but how much space is that really taking?

SQL Server provides a built-in stored procedure that you can run to easily show the size of a table, including the size of the indexes… which might surprise you.

Syntax:

sp_spaceused ‘Tablename’

Here’s an example of it in action:

Highly useful stuff. It’s always interesting to see that the indexes are bigger than the actual data.